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I disagree that the poster you replied to was “sealioning”. It seems he was using rhetorical questions to try to make an argument. Basically he was following Th
by ViktorRay 3y ago
I disagree that the poster you replied to was “sealioning”. It seems he was using rhetorical questions to try to make an argument. Basically he was following The Socratic Method.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method
Essentially using questions to challenge assumptions in the form of argumentative dialogue.
This is a legitimate form of having a debate and it has been used for thousands of years. To compare it to the internet trolling practice of sealioning where somebody just asks for evidence repeatedly is disingenuous
- robertlagrant 3y agoAgreed. If something like "sealioning" is first order bad faith argumentation, this falsly accusing someone of doing it, hoping observers don't notice the difference, is second order bad faith.
- dymk 3y agoIt's a bunch of rapid-fire questions about a topic that's been well trodden, and on top of that just a bunch of whattaboutisms. It's classic sealioning.