"Misrepresenting" is your postulation perhaps. Either way the spirit of backing up your thesis with peer reviewed research is totally fine in my book. The cita

"Misrepresenting" is your postulation perhaps. Either way the spirit of backing up your thesis with peer reviewed research is totally fine in my book. The citations aren't there to trick people into thinking things are more serious than they are. They are meant as foundation and support to the theses of the essays. What more could you ask for? Seems ad hominem.