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  • Definitely YDI

    all that happened was a removal, with rules cited. Those rules were accurately applied. Then, when you made a second post while being a jerk, they still just removed the post with a clear and easy to understand explanation of why. Not even a temporary ban.

    There's no overreach, no arbitrary decisions, no misuse or overuse of rules, not even snark or snideness in the reasons given.

    And, the screen shots in the comments that you gave don't show what you think they show.

    Those questions were being made to guide you to the answer you were wanting, not sealioning. It's a common and useful rhetorical tool, you just didn't catch it (which is fine, they didn't bother to tell you what they were doing, and it's easy to miss context online).

    Plus, the rules cited for the removals are in place for a reason; even if you disagree with them, they're explained well enough that you can't claim to have misunderstood.

    • They were the very definition of sealioning. What does "why is nervous bad?" have to do with answering the question "why is authoritarianism bad?"

      The rules they sited just aren't true. I wanted nothing but discussion on the topic and I did not bait anyone.

      Edit: sorry, maybe you do get baited with such controversial topics like, "authoritarianism is bad"

      Edit2: is this bait?

      Edit3:

      Bait?

      Edit4:

      Let me guess, not bait, right?

      • You don't understand what sealioning is if you think that's what it is.

        That's socratic dialogue, not sealioning.

        When someone asks questions to illuminate a path of thinking that leads the questioner to the answer they were looking for, that's a totally different thing than trying to mislead the questioner and the onlookers by asking misleading questions.

        You got a discussion on the topic. You got someone that took the time to show you the answer to your question by taking you on a tour of your own thinking.

        • What does, "why is nervous bad?" have to do with "why is authoritarianism bad?" GTFO

          There was nothing socratic about it. They literally just took the last thing I said and went, "why?"

          Socrates would laugh in your face.

          Edit:

          • Okay, now you've progressed to being an asshole to someone engaging with you in good faith.

            If that's the way you want to be as a person, there's nothing I can do to change it, so have a good day.

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