The person I'm replying to dropped in "albeit with a reference" as if that's not the critical point. If the author referred to in the original article had cite

The person I'm replying to dropped in "albeit with a reference" as if that's not the critical point. If the author referred to in the original article had cited the plagiarism website, there would be no issue here whatsoever. It's the misrepresentation of others' ideas and rhetoric as one's own (paraphrased or otherwise) that's the problem here.