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"Excuse me, good sir, but do you have proof for..."

Yes. Yes, I do. No, I'm not interested in sharing it with you because you're evidently requesting it in bad faith.

If you truly cared about proof, you could easily learn about it yourself with a simple Google search rather than bothering random people on social media about it.

Don't be a sealion.

"You don't have any evidence for what you beleive."

Ah, a sealion AND a gaslighter, too!

See, telling people they don't have any proof for what they beleive is clear bait. You know people are going to respond by providing proof and reasoning, which you will then promptly ignore through mental gymnastics.

No, I don't have an interest entertaining bad faith arguments. If you really have a good faith interest in proof, then educate yourself.

See, most people who claim "there's no evidence for..." know there is evidence for it. They know there is reason for it. And they know there is logic for it.

They know that. They are well aware of that. They know that. You know that.

What they want to do is waste your time "debating" something that has already been proven to be true.

Don't waste your time with bad faith arguments.

@JCAlexandreWrites Some people think if they "win" the conversation/argument, that's the same as having determined the truth. It's as if you somehow justify your nonsense, regardless how, with words, it means you're right. Or if you can frustrate your opponent into silence, you've won.
The concern isn't truth for some people. It's beating the other primate into going along with you.

@AskTheDevil @JCAlexandreWrites

"They engage in wild hypocrisy as an act of domination, adhering to something demonstrably untrue out of spite... What greater sign of will than the ability to override truth?

Their will is a hammer that they are using to beat reality itself into a shape of their choosing, a simple world where reality is exactly what it looks like through their eyes, devoid of complexity, devoid of change, where they are right and their enemies are silent."

- Folding Ideas

@JCAlexandreWrites I wish we'd not name bad human behavior after other animals, but the actual sea lions probably don't care.
I think we'll have better luck convincing people to ignore sea-lioning behavior, than to stop engaging in it.
I like the comparison to a DoS attack, too.

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