# Sealioning

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealioning/841837>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealioning/841837 "2019-10-16T10:36:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sealioning/841837/30 "2019-10-16T18:53:03Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> 1. An extreme focus on the process of a debate, rather than the main point (e.g., if someone says the sky is blue, the troll/sealioner will focus discussion individually/serially on the words, meaning, and standard of proof for “sky,” “is,” and “blue” rather than coming out with a competing argument that the sky is a different color.

As an example:

> [@Is O'Rourke deliberately sabotaging the Dems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-orourke-deliberately-sabotaging-the-dems/841637/182):
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> I do have a gripe with the whole “gun buyBACK” terminology though. It’s wrong. The government isn’t buying BACK people’s guns. They never owned them in the first place. O’Rourke is proposing gun confiscation with some compensation.

I’m starting to think that he’s reading this thread as an instruction manual.

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