# Apparently having a position that tomndeb can't understand is "trolling"

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**Created:** [May 5, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-having-a-position-that-tomndeb-cant-understand-is-trolling/580888 "2011-05-05T22:07:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-having-a-position-that-tomndeb-cant-understand-is-trolling/580888/18 "2011-05-06T01:34:21Z")

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> What claims have I made in there that need cites on my part? Absolutely none.

I didn’t say you needed to cite anything. I said you didn’t support your argument. The only point you elaborated on at any particular length is that everyone who says waterboarding is torture is being led by their emotions and can’t form a coherent argument.

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> Third, I wasn’t trying to annoy people, I was trying to educate people.

You failed at the second while succeeding at the first - to the point that we’re having this conversation now.

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> So many people on this board read a news article about something and think they are experts on what happened. I would like people to explore the possibility that perhaps they aren’t qualified to render an opinion on something, such as whether particular techniques are effective against particular detainees in particular situations.

Here’s how you actually expressed that opinion in the thread:

> [@Did waterboarding help kill Bin Laden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-waterboarding-help-kill-bin-laden/580487/64):
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> I love how some people on a messageboard decide they are experts on something simply because they’ve read some news articles about it.

Your post in this thread is somewhat nuanced; this is just obnoxious. I don’t think you could have expected a reasonable discussion to result from this kind of post. It’s confrontational and rude, and so was much of the rest of what you said in your other posts.

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