# great trolls though the ages

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 19, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trolls-though-the-ages/589560 "2011-07-19T08:30:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-trolls-though-the-ages/589560/1 "2011-07-19T08:30:10Z")

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in the “should taxpayers pay for ilegals/abcgir babies thread”

Implicit linked [A Modest Proposal](http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html)  
was Jonathan Swift the original troll?