Charles JohnsonIt’s probably a good idea to repost this incredibly prophetic cartoon from 2014 at regular intervals because every day I see people who still haven’t fully imbibed its message. Apologies if it’s old hat to you.
The Terrible Sea Lion.
Fardels Bear2/2 The moral of the story is this: if a toot is unclear, disingenuous, or just plain batshit crazy, there is nothing wrong in asking for clarificaton. Deploying the sea lion meme is an admission that either a) you don't know what you're talking about, or b) you can't be bothered to explain yourself clearly.
But it's a funny meme and I like it for that.
moondog548@riggbeck @Green_Footballs yeah. There is nothing wrong with the comic. It's a fine way to introduce the topic and it's amusing to folks who are all-too-familiar.
Folks thinking they can substitute this comic for thoughtful explaination of the problem of bad faith actors (or even worse deploy it as a meaningful resolution to them) are *a* problem.
Bad faith actors are a bigger problem, but the folks above ain't helping.