PSA: Watch Out For Sea Lions.
No, not the cute blubbery, bouncy bois that occasionally invade your feed and make you smile. I’m talking about:
“Marley, what’s a Sea Lion™?”
A Sea Lion™ is a type of person that you’ll encounter pretty frequently in any debate or setting that has a “controversial” tone (e.g. women’s rights, abortion, religion, legalization of marijuana, the faulty prison system, racism, etc.). A Sea Lion™ will feign interest in debating something, only to incessantly insist that you provide evidence to your claim.
What sets a Sea Lion™ apart from a decent human being is their lack of interest in an actual discussion. The aim of a Sea Lion™ is to cause emotional distress or frustration so as to supposedly invalidate your argument.
Their repetitive questions aren’t for clarification, they are an attempt to derail any rational discussion and wear a person out so they can continue to exist in their egotistical echo chamber and believe that they are the authority on said topic.
“Wow, I didn’t know there was a word for it!! But then, how do you defend yourself again a Sea Lion™?”
The answer is simple: Don’t wear your sombrero in a goofy fashion, avoid screeching like a chimpanzee, wearing clown shoes or hoop skirts, and always eat sliced cheese.
The real answer?: Do onto him as he does onto you.
They ask a question, word your answer in a way that you can remember, so when they ask again, you can answer it the same way. Shut down aggressive cluelessness by not only knowing your stuff, but demand that they provide evidence to their own claims.
Don’t lose your patience over some scum bag that has to be convinced to care about other people or that only seeks to belittle your position.
In an ocean of sea lions, be a killer whale. 🤙🏽
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