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I agree. I've been accused of sealioning when the person I responded to has either provided no sources or spewed a bunch of garbage links in place of making an

• pvaldes 6y ago
  > I've somehow been mistaken for a Trump supporter and a "brown, socialist immigrant" This can be also a technique used to lure people into giving their private info. Instead to ask on internet: Are you a republican white? and obtaining a standard "not your business" they claim that you are brown and socialist, expecting you to correct themselves and reply "not, I'm asian and will vote for X" or so. This way they can obtain the info to classify you without you even taking notice of it. Is an old trick. What must be taken in mind is that who you are is irrelevant for the discussion most of the time. Facts are either true, or false (or unknown), no matter who will say it.
  • pmiller2 6y ago
    Well, people who were going to classify me based on race and what it says for "party preference" on my voter registration card aren't generally open to being convinced of anything, in my experience. I've given both variations of the answer before: that I'm so white I'm provably related to a 17th century American colonial governor (literally true); or, that it's none of their damn business. As far as I can tell, both have had roughly the same effect, which is little to none.