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That's not what sealioning is.

• anigbrowl 6y ago
  http://wondermark.com/1k62/ http://wondermark.com/1k62/ Reasonable people can disagree
  • newen 6y ago
    From Wikipedia > Sealioning (also spelled sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity. It may take the form of "incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate". One post is not it.
    • anigbrowl 6y ago
      It's not just one post. The same person posed something like 15 different questions in the thread. Soliciting clarity on another's views via questioning is a valid kind of discourse, but Socrates also took time to listen to answers and offer his own views rather than throwing out 5 questions in a row. Also, if you read that Wikipedia article to the end you'll realize that I pointed you to the original use of the term.
      • newen 6y ago
        No he didn’t. He just made that one post with the questions and you randomly accused him of sealioning. Just asking questions is not sealioning. I know where the term originated.
        • anigbrowl 6y ago
          That's simply false. Anyone who looks back up the subthread can see for themselves that there are 9 posts from the same person and most of them are rhetorical questions. I don't know who you think you're going to convince by making such counterfactual statements, but I see no point in further discussion. Bye.