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Dogpiling, gaslighting, sealioning, just a few of the made up words with a vague enough definition to be used in claiming harassment in any situation. PS: if y

• ryandvm 6y ago
  Indeed. Just classifying and dismissing arguments based on these memetic argumentation taxonomies has become a debating strategy unto itself.
  • JasonFruit 6y ago
    It's kind of like people who hear a real-world argument, and dismiss it by naming a logical fallacy, e.g. "Straw man!" They fail to recognize that an argument may not be strictly valid as proof, but still carries some weight when evaluated in light of observation. For example, "I don't believe chemtrails are a thing, because my friend is an aircraft mechanic, and he's never seen any sign of equipment to spray mind-altering chemicals from commercial planes." "Appeal to authority!"
• laughingbovine 6y ago
  My brain like your brain. Who need word when smaller word do trick. Double plus agree.
• stale2002 6y ago
  The problem is that if someone is acting in bad faith, it is almost impossible to answer every single challenge that a truly bad faith actor might bring up. And even if you answer 99 challenges correctly, but you instead make a single small mistake, or you mispeak, or the other person intentionally misinterprets what you are saying, then the bad faith actor can declare victory and "win" the debate, because of a single, irrelevant, or minuscule mistake. If someone is not acting in bad faith, it is almost impossible to not lose to them.