Maybe he’s really learning something. I guess I’m just permanently biased by his repeated insistence some years back that cancer treatment and cancer research were inexplicable failures.
Anyone else getting a “recently banned poster whom I shall not name”-vibe from this guy?
Well, he didn’t ask who he could win a fight with or mention flashlights, but…
[checks calendar]
Methinks we are overdue for a Chief Pedant mention here. Classic concern trolling on climate change, people do call him out for both that and his use of a loaded pejorative and for ignoring recent posts in other recent threads.
What gets me is just how much of a broken record these pooters always end up becoming. If you want a primo argument against free will they’d be your Exhibit A.
I’m waiting for thisto be moved to the pit. New poster is against net neutrality so that rich 'mericans can rule the world by hoarding all the information.
No, someone else. More recently banned.
Seconding the motion for nomination of Chief Pedant. I don’t know about other issues, but about global warming he insists on being wrong at the top of his lungs.
Probably a one-and-done (well, three-and-done) poster, but…
Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms.
Aleein8, at the bottom of this thread.
Huh. Bumped an old thread just to play the fool.
Kudos to Colibri for a Mod Note:
“Aleein8, we prefer that old threads in General Questions only be bumped to provide new factual information. Since this does not, I’m closing this.”
Man, the mods here generally stay on top of things. Remind me never to become one… seems like a lot of work.
Thirding. He’s Grade A Asshole Troll. Remember those threads debating black intelligence? I’d say that he’s willing to argue anything, just to argue, but that’s not it. He picks deliberately ignorant or hateful points of view and will hold them for weeks, months, or years.
I give up, by the way. Not standing out to me yet.
As one of those who has debated CP in many of those threads, I don’t think he’s faking. I think he genuinely believes that black people are inherently inferior in intelligence, on average. I’m not sure if that’s better or worse than being a troll.
A troll that genuinely believes what it’s saying is still a troll.
It may be but not if it is sincerely interested in furthering the views expressed. A troll posts
So, a genuine Nazi-sympathizer (for example) may post Nazi-sympathetic stuff here because it likes to see us dance, or it may post in the genuine but probably deluded hope that folks here might actually change their minds about Nazis.
We’ve had denizens of Stormfront come here for that very reason. The bullshit posted in the wake of Charlottesville makes me think a few snuck back in and are trying to stay under the radar.
In short, as far as TPTB are concerned, it all depends on how arguments are presented. If one genuinely but abrasively presents one’s argument, one is indistinguishable from a troll.
IMO … There are certainly posters in this thread who hold to that definition of “troll”. AIUI, that’s not the definition used by most mods most of the time. It’s also pretty clear the mods are not tightly standardized on this point.
The problem is that neither the mods nor we ourselves can tell what the actual convictions and purposes are of any given poster, perhaps especially the ones who spout the most offensive stuff. It’s a judgment, and not always an easy one. I think that’s why some apparent trolls are given a longer rope than others.