# Pedo the wonder troll finds the SDMB. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 30, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633 "2016-01-30T01:50:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/21 "2016-01-30T16:49:00Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Are you pitting him or any idiot that read that block of text and though ‘this needs a response?’ I’m the idiot–I got a warning for providing a nice, concise summary of that block of text! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/22 "2016-01-30T17:01:18Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Nah, you know full well that you could report him without making a public spectacle of it. I think you just want to get ahead of the Moral Outrage Brigade and show off how oh-so-anti-pedophilia you are for all to see. It’s an important contest around here. Or, you know, pedophilia trolling really makes them angry, and they wanted to vent about it without directly engaging with the guy and getting a Warning. Do you assume everyone is a Machiavellian sociopath, or is there some story between the two of you? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/23 "2016-01-30T17:10:49Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > I’m not convinced he was a troll, he seemed pretty sincere in his desire to be able to diddle children. Trolling does not require one to be insincere. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/24 "2016-01-30T17:38:50Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I’m the idiot–I got a warning for providing a nice, concise summary of that block of text! > 😃 Dude you win one internet for that > [@](#): > > This guy really wants to fuck some kids. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/25 "2016-01-30T18:00:49Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Do we have to choose? I suppose it might be impossible to suppress the thought. Not showing some self control and engaging the troll is idiotic. He stated his twisted beliefs, stated you couldn’t convince him he was wrong. The only worthy responses to that weren’t appropriate to GD. Pit him and move on. Don’t feed trolls. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/26 "2016-01-30T18:40:37Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Trolling does not require one to be insincere. Hmm, I kinda think it does. I don’t consider “people with sincerely held, reprehensible beliefs” to be trolls, even they inspire the same sort of response from others as true trolls do. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/27 "2016-01-30T19:00:14Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Hmm, I kinda think it does. I don’t consider “people with sincerely held, reprehensible beliefs” to be trolls, even they inspire the same sort of response from others as true trolls do. I disagree. If some White Supremacist sincerely believes what he believes, but just comes onto this MB because he knows he’s going to get a rise out of people, then he’s trolling. He’s not trying to convince, he’s trying to create a reaction. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/28 "2016-01-30T19:13:53Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I disagree. If some White Supremacist sincerely believes what he believes, but just comes onto this MB because he knows he’s going to get a rise out of people, then he’s trolling. He’s not trying to convince, he’s trying to create a reaction. Fair enough, if his motive for posting is to create a reaction, and not to sway people or honestly answer a question posed to him, he’s a troll, even if he believes it. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/29 "2016-01-30T19:19:09Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Hmm, I kinda think it does. I don’t consider “people with sincerely held, reprehensible beliefs” to be trolls, even they inspire the same sort of response from others as true trolls do. Depends on the way those beliefs are presented. Sincerely held, reprehensible beliefs posted in a calm, rational manner? Not a troll. Sincerely held, reprehensible beliefs deliberately posted to fan flames? Troll. See the last few posts by **FXMastermind** , for example. And I hadn’t read the previous two posts until now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/30 "2016-01-30T19:52:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Report him for what? There have been a few pedophile pieces of shit that festered here for far too long. At least two that I recall, one unrepentant and one trying keep his nasty impulses under control. With the sheer number of people who have cycled through the Dope over the years it would be surprising if we didn’t have a few, and indeed, we’ve probably had a number who wouldn’t admit to it and so remain unknown to us. That doesn’t mean we have to encourage that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/31 "2016-01-30T20:10:46Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > “He was coming on to me…he was asking for it. He was sucking the pacifier while wearing a tight diaper.” It was Halloween dude…give me a break. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/32 "2016-01-30T21:07:55Z")
I thought I recognized you… ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/33 "2016-01-30T22:26:05Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > \*\*Rigamarole \*\* is clearly the brain damaged troglodyte around these parts. Ooh, great rebuttal! Are you mad that you’re not getting the amount of brownie points that you’d hoped? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/34 "2016-01-30T22:35:00Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Ooh, great rebuttal! Are you mad that you’re not getting the amount of brownie points that you’d hoped? Dude, you’re an asshole casserole. We’ll just leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/35 "2016-01-30T22:49:01Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I’m the idiot–I got a warning for providing a nice, concise summary of that block of text! > 😃 I actually wondered about that. I guess telling a pedophile they want to diddle children is on the same level as calling someone a racist. Only allowed in the Pit. I thought you provided an excellent summation myself. Troll or not, **HM** is the excrement on humanity’s shoe. He also really needs to learn how to use the “return” key. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/36 "2016-01-30T22:49:29Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Dude, you’re an asshole casserole. We’ll just leave it at that. For pointing out your sad attempts at pandering? The truth hurts, I know. Unless you have some alternative explanation as to why you decided to make this thread instead of just reporting the user in question. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/37 "2016-01-30T23:16:27Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > For pointing out your sad attempts at pandering? The truth hurts, I know. Unless you have some alternative explanation as to why you decided to make this thread instead of just reporting the user in question. Reporting him for what, you fucking moron. I’m pretty sure that the mod who closed the thread knows the rules and would have applied them if there was a violation. I did what we’re told to do, take it to the pit. Gawd, you’re dense. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/38 "2016-01-30T23:21:24Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Reporting him for what, you fucking moron. I’m pretty sure that the mod who closed the thread knows the rules and would have applied them if there was a violation. I did what we’re told to do, take it to the pit. Gawd, you’re dense. For… trolling. The same thing you’re accusing him of here. If he is in fact trolling, then that’s against the rules. Perhaps the mods didn’t feel that he was trolling, but you clearly do, so that’s what you would report him for. I have to spell this out for you to understand it yet I’m the moron - gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/39 "2016-01-30T23:32:21Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > … yet I’m the moron - gotcha. Yep. Well said. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedo-the-wonder-troll-finds-the-sdmb/744633/40 "2016-01-31T01:32:20Z")
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