TLDR: the sealion isn't so much here to engage in normalized, civil debate, they're ...

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TLDR: the sealion isn't so much here to engage in normalized, civil debate, they're here to argue with a person who is just talking about a fact of their life and how annoying it is.

At good times, it's a great tool for dealing with bigots: I often respond to what seem like veiled dog whistles with questions like, "Oh? Why would Mark Zuckerburg support the genocide of the palestinians? What might cause him to do such a thing?" that force them to either respond with something stupid like "The Jews" or find a better group to go after.

At bad times, I have seen people go onto the timelines of people who are literally afraid for their lives and ask them to prove they are really in danger, try to debate the specifics, insinuate they may not have a right to safety, and claim they are taking the pro-democracy route because this person wants to limit freedom.

It's some VERY circumstantial stuff.

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