The Bad Faith Playbook: Recognize Sealioning, Set Boundaries, and Stay Sane

Bad-faith arguers have a playbook. Now you have one, too.

The Bad Faith Playbook exposes the patterns behind “polite” derailments and gives you practical counters you can use today—at work, online, and IRL.

Inside you’ll get

The fastest way to identify sealioning and goalpost shifts

Copy/paste boundary scripts and graceful exit lines

Anti–Gish Gallop tactics: one strong point, then stop

Socratic prompts that make flimsy logic collapse

Calm-under-fire routines to protect your focus

Documentation checklists and platform hygiene

Chapters (excerpt)

Spectrum of Sincerity: Decide whether to engage

Counter-Argument Toolkit: Clarity over clutter

Fortifying Your Mind: Grounding & triggers

The Digital Landlord: Mute, block, report

The Bystander’s Dilemma: Help without harm

TAGS: bad faith arguments, sealioning, boundaries, Gish Gallop, Socratic questioning, emotional regulation, communication skills, online harassment, critical thinking

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Release date

Ebook: December 18, 2025