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[โ€“] bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is my personal favourite. Asking for sources in general conversation, and refusing to participate further in any discussion without them. Then it turns out their own sources are just links to some "journalist" opinion from a web site, written by a different human being without any sources.

[โ€“] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I believe that tactic is called sealioning. It's very common on Twitter actually.