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Sealioning (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Accusing people of “sealioning” is a great way to not have to defend or discuss poorly thought out or sourced claims.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

True, which is why if someone accuses you of sealioning you should be prepared to explain your position and the reasoning you used to get there. Not asking questions of them but instead explaining your own position.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well, in the specific case provided in the comic, the sealion has no position he can explain since the other side refuses to even establish how he got to his opinion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I guess a corollary would be, first, don't actually sealion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The problem I see is when the original poster didn’t explain their point of view, but complain when you ask them to clarify.