Snowflaking

The act of using Logical Fallacies (e.g. Straw Man Arguments, False Equivalencies, etc.) to generate a perceived slight which is used by the author to manufacture personal outrage and mount a vitriolic defense against something they themselves invented. Often used on Social Media platforms and in online forums as a form of Trolling.

Also see: Snowflake, Attention-Whore

Actual Example:
Initial Comment: Imagine if all of this effort and passion resisting Equity policies was actually put toward creating a system that supported our BIPOC community.

SF Response: I don’t have to answer questions. Especially not to people who respond with racism. I’m just a racist apparently. Love tonight’s equity meeting. It showed just how racist this whole thing truly is.

Usage in a sentence: "Wow, did you catch her response? We were talking about racial equity and she just started snowflaking that everyone was calling her a racist because she was against it. Where the fuck did that come from?!

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