What exactly is sealioning?
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Sealioning is someone trying to win an argument asking the other person to back everything up with sources and proof. No amount of proof or sources are good enough for them. They have no real intention to agree with you after you show them proof. They just want you to look bad because you “obviously can’t back up what you’re saying with any facts.”
That’s not to say it’s wrong to ask for a source or some sort of proof to back up a claim, but when you’re sealioning, you don’t really care about the proof.
Example 1: (Not sealioning)
A: Did you know that drowning in a pool is the leading cause of death for kids under 4?
B: That doesn’t sound right, do you have any proof?
A: (provides proof)
B: Wow, I had no idea.
Example 2: (Sealioning)
A: Did you know that drowning in a pool is the leading cause of death for kids under 4?
B: That doesn’t sound right, do you have any proof?
A: (provides proof)
B: No way, that’s (insert newspaper here) They are obviously liars.
A: (provides more sources)
B: No that’s biased, also what about (theory from random guy on the internet)?
A: He can have his opinion, but the majority of the data backs up what I said.
B: Well you still haven’t shown me any actual proof from a real source, so you are just full of shit, and making things up as you go along.
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