There, Peggy speaks for every angry marginalised person who’s ever been sealioned or tone-policed in a disagreement.
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Sealion
//ˈsiːlaɪən//
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The purpose of sealioning never to actually learn or become more informed.
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I can attest to reactionary right-wing trolls being the black belt masters of Internet pile-ons, or as Wondermark has indelibly dubbed the practice, “sealioning.”
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Popular definitions of harassment also extend to “sealioning” — a recently coined term based on an Internet comic, “The Terrible Sea Lion” — which seems to mean little more than unwelcome attempts to engage someone in debate.
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