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wanderingshade posted...

The sealion itself was a non-sequitur. The comic is a joke about terminally online people who are "just asking questions" trying to debate you in bad faith and just won't stop.

okay, I tried really hard not to respond to this. But it physically hurt so I need to say this.

I understand that is what the just asking questions people do. They bring up a stupid conspiracy point with no evidence just to ask questions.

thats not what the sealion in this comic does. The person making the ridiculous claim without evidence is the human. They split the metaphor between two characters and muddied it.

Okay. How to fix this? Hold up.

panel 1: so lets start with the people having a normal conversation that in no way involves sealions. Like I dont know, the sky is blue.

panel 2: sealion pops up with random bs claim about whatever. Its clearly ridiculous and false. Like the sky is actually plaid and what if the only reason you think its blue is because the aliens dont want you to see plaid because our plaid is not real plaid. What? Im just asking questions.

Proceed with the rest of the comic as normal.

now the human is not at fault for any of this. Now the sea lion is not in any way shape or form in the right. Now the point is more clear and defined, and can not be easily mistaken as a counter arguement against calling out racism.

seriously, I have a masters in marketing and I teach a class on propaganda. This is legitimately one of the few areas where I feel Im pretty well versed in and can successfully analyze. This comic, as is, argues for the opposite point its trying to make.

okay. I think theres nothing else I can say on this issue. Im going to have lunch now and try not to think about this comic. Love you all. Goodbye.