# Asking for some clarity about what is and isn't trolling

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**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-some-clarity-about-what-is-and-isnt-trolling/923621 "2020-10-22T21:01:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asking-for-some-clarity-about-what-is-and-isnt-trolling/923621/23 "2020-10-22T21:52:04Z")

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Literally while we’re talking about this, Urbanredneck is [starting a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-victory-then-truth-and-reconciliation-then-censorship-and-blacklisting-then-prisons/923619/15) in Politics & Elections. Based on the idea that some people want a truth & reconciliation commission to investigate possible **criminal violations** committed by the Trump administration over the past four years, he starts Just Asking Questions like,

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> Do you want to put Trump supporters on trial?
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> Do you wish to ban all Trump supporters from ever holding public office?

Man, I really want to hold respectful conversations with conservatives. I’m having a great one with **Falchion** in another thread, so shout-out to him. But goddammit, y’all. The extreme stupidity of some of these conservative posts.

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