You said what they're doing seems like sealioning. Not sure how any of us are supposed to infer that you're not talking about the subject content you're commenting on.
I affirmed the rest of your opinion other than the trendy label you then put on it. Not sure why that makes me a douchebag, but then with me not being American there might be subtleties to the term that I'm not aware of like "calmly suggests you might be misusing a term".