water

So I was told in discord by Zedakiah who was told by ⌥ßꙘรђŦยɭŵ๏ɭŦ22⎇ or bashfullwolf22 who was told by Josh... that Water does not protect blocks. Is this true? If so... that is a 0 IQ Move right there. What I was told word for word was "But this server has apparently made water not protect...