# I've been warned for accusing another of trolling.

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**Created:** [May 4, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-warned-for-accusing-another-of-trolling/620835 "2012-05-04T03:52:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-warned-for-accusing-another-of-trolling/620835/24 "2012-05-04T06:49:09Z")

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> [@Alan\_Smithee](#):
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> Wait, seriously? If someone posts that they are “baiting the hook” and someone points out that that is, by definition, trolling, they can get warned? That’s not an insult, it’s a definition! And could the other poster get warned simply for saying that they are “baiting the hook”? After all, they are _literally_ admitting to trolling!

I think that’s different. Not sure what I would, personally, do in that situation.

That is NOT, however, what happened in this case.

From the thread:

> [@Missouri Republican legislator 'comes out' in response to anti-gay bill.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-republican-legislator-comes-out-in-response-to-anti-gay-bill/620762/18):
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> Let me clarify something, though. **Sicks Ate** , I don’t think you are A troll, **I think you are trolling.** Just don’t do make a habit of it.

Bolding mine.

It’s a pretty clear cut case of saying someone is trolling here and that’s against the rules.

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