Sealioning (also spelled sea-lioning and sea lioning) is a type of trolling or harassment which consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity.[1][2][3][4] It may take the form of "incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in debate".[5]
Tone policing (also tone trolling, tone argument, and tone fallacy) is an ad hominem (personal attack) and antidebate tactic based on criticizing a person for expressing emotion. Tone policing detracts from the validity of a statement by attacking the tone in which it was presented rather than the message itself.
"A brawler who tattoos a message onto his knuckles does not throw every
punch with the weight of First Amendment protection behind him," the
brief stated. "Conduct like this does not constitute speech, nor should
it. A deliberate attempt to cause physical injury to someone does not
come close to the expression which the First Amendment is designed to
protect."
It’s no secret that times are changing. It used to be that men were men,
jokes were jokes, and all facts came from one white guy in a suit who you trusted
because he looked like your dad. Now I know I could get in a lot of trouble for
just saying this, but I don’t care because someone has to tell the truth: These
days, you can’t say anything racist at all without being called a racist.
“So, I wrote my BIFF Response but Marvin wrote me another angry email.
Actually, he wrote 6 more this week, so what’s up with that? Why didn’t
he stop after my first email?”
The BIFF Response Method will teach you how to respond to angry emails, texts, or social media posts while maintaining your dignity and personal power.