@mcc It's the type of person who yells "You just can't handle disagreement!" at people who are specifically in the middle of disagreeing with them.

Even though that makes no sense, they hope (and are, sadly, often correct, although less so on Mastodon) that by doing this, they can reframe the discourse to make them look 'reasonable' and their opponents look unreasonable, and in that way they can manipulate and dominate the conversation.