XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.trump   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2026-01-22, AlleyCat  wrote:   
   >   
   > On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:22:38 -0800,  Alan says...   
   >   
   >> > It does. You lose.   
   >>   
   >> Give a time when that happens.   
   >   
   > Every time you:   
   >   
   > Sealioning (also spelled sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling   
   or   
   > harassment that consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for   
   > evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and   
   > sincerity. It may take the form of "incessant, bad-faith invitations to   
   engage   
   > in debate".   
   >   
   > 1. Sealioning   
   > This is a specific type of trolling where someone pretends to be polite and   
   > "just seeking the truth," but THEY INTENTIONALLY IGNORE THE EVIDENCE you've   
   > already given. They keep DEMANDING MORE PROOF (LOL) or OBSESSING OVER TINY   
   > MINUTIAE to exhaust you, even though you both know they've seen the facts.   
   >   
   > 2. Mushing (or "The Mushing of Evidence")   
   > This happens when someone 'mushes" or grinds down a solid argument into tiny,   
   > IRRELEVANT GRAINS. They refuse to acknowledge the evidence because they are   
   > too busy looking at a single pebble under a magnifying glass.   
   >   
   > 3. Argumentum ad Nauseam   
   > This is the tactic of REPEATING AN ARGUMENT OR A DENIAL OVER AND OVER AGAIN-   
   > ignoring all corrections and evidence-until the other person simply gets   
   tired   
   > and stops talking. At that point, the troll claims "victory" because you   
   "gave   
   > up."   
   >   
   > (typical nerd ass troll)   
   >   
   > 4. Sophistry   
   > A more classic term for someone who uses clever but FALLACIOUS REASONING (THE   
   > "MINUTIAE") to support a position THEY KNOW IS FALSE. A sophist ISN'T LOOKING   
   > FOR THE TRUTH; he's looking to win the argument by any means necessary.   
   >   
   > HE'S LOOKING TO WIN THE ARGUMENT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.   
      
   That's a perfect description of snit/Brock McNuggets the Prescott Parasite   
   Troll.   
   I've never heard the term sealioning before BTW.   
      
   --   
   pothead   
      
   “Liberals seem to assume that, if you don’t believe in their particular   
   political solutions, then you don’t really care about   
   the people that they claim to want to help.”   
      
   ― Thomas Sowell   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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