Cousin_Martha_Corey on Nostr: I think sealioning is more like when my forever-loyal Democrat friend asked for ...
I think sealioning is more like when my forever-loyal Democrat friend asked for information about why I oppose “trans,” but when I sent him a long email lots of links, he never wrote back. I heard from him some time later on a different matter.
That “Hillary” conversation was way too long and contentious for me. I know what I think of her, but don’t enjoy long, angry conversations, especially online. I did think all the women in the conversation were sincere, but the lengthiness and level of vitriol were too much for my tastes.
Something I would like all the very intelligent women of Spinster to understand is that most people really don’t know as much as they do on their select issues. We all seem to have in common certain things such as opposition to gender identity, surrogacy, and prostitution, but I find that often, one person will know a lot about a topic such as Israel, vaccines, or the crimes of a particular political family, and be very upset that others don’t. I just want to point out that that’s actually normal. I probably come across as a big dummy, perhaps in your case on a subject such as the CIA, and I do dip in and try to learn a little, but I will never know as much as someone who holds it as a central interest. I hope you and other especially smart Spinsters, understand that most people are as dumb as I am or even dumber. Not understanding that is going to lead to a lot of frustration and missed opportunities to gently enlighten in a variety of online and offline situations.
That “Hillary” conversation was way too long and contentious for me. I know what I think of her, but don’t enjoy long, angry conversations, especially online. I did think all the women in the conversation were sincere, but the lengthiness and level of vitriol were too much for my tastes.
Something I would like all the very intelligent women of Spinster to understand is that most people really don’t know as much as they do on their select issues. We all seem to have in common certain things such as opposition to gender identity, surrogacy, and prostitution, but I find that often, one person will know a lot about a topic such as Israel, vaccines, or the crimes of a particular political family, and be very upset that others don’t. I just want to point out that that’s actually normal. I probably come across as a big dummy, perhaps in your case on a subject such as the CIA, and I do dip in and try to learn a little, but I will never know as much as someone who holds it as a central interest. I hope you and other especially smart Spinsters, understand that most people are as dumb as I am or even dumber. Not understanding that is going to lead to a lot of frustration and missed opportunities to gently enlighten in a variety of online and offline situations.