• EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I frequently run into sealioning types who like to purposefully misunderstand phrases/terms used so they can ‘win’.

    You’re right though it’s often just pasta on the wall, rapid-fire type nonsense.

    • Telorand@reddthat.com
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      11 months ago

      We call that “false equivalence,” more formally. It’s no wonder there’s an intersection of Christian fundamentalism and right-wing politics, because that is a favorite tactic of religious apologists, too (who are often fundamentalists themselves).