Not by refuting the claim on its merits, but by demanding that evidence be presented to you until you are personally convinced of the claim.
No no, your line is supposed to be “I’ve been unfailingly polite, and he has been nothing but rude.”
You are white-knighting a troll who spouts crap like this at other on a regular basis:
I’ve held off twice calling you an idiot in this thread. You sir are not an idiot. You are a FUCKING IDIOT. You know nothing about me, and everything you just said about me is false, as well as every other unfounded opinion about me you have made. Stop being a fucking idiot, and base your responses to people based on what they say here, not what your pathetic little mind dreams up.
He does not deserve civil conversation. He’s a shit stain troll, the subject of this very pit thread.
I got it, by the way.
D’oh!
Me too! Maybe because I did a long sea-lioning thread a little while back.
Yes, I called him that, because madmonk made completely unfounded statements about me. In so doing, he showed himself to be exactly what I said he is. Someone who thinks he can discern another’s whole personality based on a sentence or two. But let me guess, you had no idea about that, did you? And I do not make statements like that on a regular basis. Once again, you are wrong. And it’s the pit, for fuck’s sake. How would you respond to someone who said such things about you?
Now, will you or will you not retract your statement where you implied I think Trump is the “embodiment of perfection”? Of course you won’t, because you can’t defend it. This is what trolls do.
Fuck off Troll
Fuck off Troll. Hey, this is fun! 
Yeah, I’m smiling, because this is getting ridiculous. I’m pretty sure we have nothing left to say to each other. Have a truly nice day!
Jesus, you are sealioning like a mofo now. You’re not even pretending to be arguing in good faith.
This is the pit, and in general we don’t come here to argue, although it’s not out of the question. But here I am truly wishing Euph a nice day. I would ask though, since he has not made clear why he thinks I believe that Trump is the embodiment of perfection, how come you aren’t addressing him about bad-faith arguments?
Any time someone comes into this thread to defend themselves from an accusation of trolling, I just assume they’re trolling.
Still doing it.
Serious question, I am not trolling!
Okay, fair enough, but why would you just assume that? As for me coming into it, I had no idea it even existed until yesterday. But wouldn’t you defend yourself in it if you thought you were inaccurately accused of trolling?
Doing what? I truly don’t know what you are getting at as it relates to my post you just quoted.
Because they inevitably defend themselves using trolling tactics, just as you are doing here. Non-trolls just ignore it and let their posts speak for themselves.
I think he means you’re still sea-lioning, that is, repeatedly asking seemingly polite questions, even to the point of following around another poster.
You were probably misinterpreted (I don’t think you’re a troll), but you should just probably give up on this particular point.
Again, I’m confused. I am not following anyone around. I am responding to them. But your advice is well-taken. I apologize in advance if you respond, because I will take your suggestion and drop it.
Heh, no problem!