Sealioning, no not the animal, the behavior on social media and a point

[zipplewrath]

16. Strawmen

I think I get what the definition is about, the problem is that there is this area of gray for me around the problem of strawmen arguments. We see alot of people making OP's around here about what "liberals" say, or what "Bernie Bro's" are saying. Some times it is even worse where you get the vague "I'm getting tired of people complaining about..."

So I often ask for a specific example. Context is everything and especially when I'm not familiar with the particular assertion, a reference is useful. Far too often you get a response of the form "all you have to do is google..." or "there are plenty of examples right here on DU" without of course an actual specific example.

So is it Sea Lioning to suggest that without a specific example there's not much to discuss?