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Sealioning is the discussion equivalent of a DoS (denial of service) attack. In both, the content of the reply is irrelevant; the goal is to flood the person/machine with multiple requests, until they reach a limit and ~~stop dropping~~ drop the requests altogether.
And while the concept has some problems because it handles some esoteric babble called "intentions" (see: "goal"), it's still useful when you focus on the behaviour instead.
Pass-aggro is about tone, not content. You can state something like "you're sealioning" in a passive aggressive way, or a rude way, or under a bald-on record, so goes on.
[Edit reason: phrasing.]
Thank you for putting it this way. This clarifies some things for me.
You made me notice a revision error in my own comment ("stop dropping" is supposed to be simply "drop"). I'm glad that the meaning is still retrievable though, due to the analogy.
I wasn't the one who created the analogy, by the way, but it's damn useful/didactic. Specially because there's also a sealioning equivalent of DDoS, far more effective than when done by a single entity.
I knew what you meant. It is damn useful, especially for understanding peoples motives offline too. Saving the analogy to my brain for later use.