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Sealioning (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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‘Sealioning’ is the word that sums up why Twitter discussion is so unbearable

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A big component of sealioning, as I think you've pointed out, is one party pretending to not understand the intent or argument behind your reasoning and rephrasing it in a way to make it sound ridiculous, but in the form of a question. The goal is to counter someone's argument by hoping that they don't have the argumentative or expressive capacity to succinctly clarify themselves or identify that you're asking questions in bad faith.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

A big component of sealioning, as I think you’ve pointed out, is one party pretending to not understand the intent or argument behind your reasoning and rephrasing it in a way to make it sound ridiculous, but in the form of a question.

Yup. That's called a strawman. Strawmen are really common when sealioning, as they increase the effort necessary for a meaningful reply - because first you'll need to dismantle the strawman, then counter-argument.

It isn't a key component though. You can achieve the same effect through a red herring, tu/ille quoque (aka what-about-ism), or even a false dichotomy.