Her: I don’t mind most people. But racists? I could do without racists.
Him: Don’t say that out loud!
racist: Pardon me, I couldn’t help but overhear…
Him: Now you’ve done it
[…]
My edit kind of ruins the whole sea lion sealioning visual joke but I hope my point comes across well enough.
I am sure some people who troll racist would do some sealioning but they are doing it in bad faith cus. Ya know, racists.
I get that you can group people based on race but you can also do it based on what they believe in, which I feel the latter is what most people thought David Malki was going for.
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So why did the author use language deliberately evocative of racial debates?
Her: I don’t mind most people. But racists? I could do without racists.
Him: Don’t say that out loud!
racist: Pardon me, I couldn’t help but overhear…
Him: Now you’ve done it
[…]
My edit kind of ruins the whole sea lion sealioning visual joke but I hope my point comes across well enough.
I am sure some people who troll racist would do some sealioning but they are doing it in bad faith cus. Ya know, racists.
I get that you can group people based on race but you can also do it based on what they believe in, which I feel the latter is what most people thought David Malki was going for.