• Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    4 months ago

    You made me notice that my comment is missing a key element: sealioning always includes a farce of a polite engagement. “Nooo, I don’t want you to shut the fuck up, I just want you to reconsider your position. I’m being friendly, why are you [being rude|ignoring it]?”

    That farce is simply not there on the way that you described that you do against people saying bigoted shit.

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      4 months ago

      The underlying assumption on your part being that no one could genuinely want you to reconsider your position, or indeed that your position could be even slightly flawed. Think about what you’re saying, “Sealioning is when people politely ask me questions to clarify a position that I took”. So?

      Not only are you not open to changing your position, you are offended by the very notion that even a small aspect of your position could ever be reconsidered. Incredible. I’m trying not to be too polite, otherwise you might claim that I’m sealioning you again 😂

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        4 months ago

        As I told you in the other thread: if you want a meaningful reply, drop off the sealioning.

        And yes, you’re still sealioning, even if your façade of politeness dropped.

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          4 months ago

          If I’m sealioning, you’re walrusing. Which one of us is refusing to address the content of the discussion? It’s now twice that you’ve done to me exactly what you claim that I’m doing to you. There was also a third time you didn’t respond at all, which is actually preferable to your current walrusing. Btw walrusing is when you make an argument, and then claim that any response is in bad faith, thus bypassing your obligation to actually clarify or defend your position in any way.

          You immediately claimed that I was sealioning after I made one single comment? That doesn’t make any sense and you know it.

          Respond to the person you are interacting with, not to your own personal insecurities. Read the words that I have written down, parse them, and compose a response.

          Actually, it’s fine, I’m not particularly curious about the content of your earlier comment anymore, because I no longer have any suspicion that it might have been anything of value. But you should still reflect on what I have told you because it’s pretty silly to act like this, especially on Lemmy.