# Re: SlackerInc banned for trolling

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**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-slackerinc-banned-for-trolling/923073 "2020-10-16T04:04:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-slackerinc-banned-for-trolling/923073/22 "2020-10-16T14:18:41Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> You appear to be under the misapprehension that trolling requires that one not believe in what one is posting. This is incorrect. You can be perfectly sincere in what you post, and still be trolling.

I am under no such misapprehension, and I apologize for giving the indication that I was. I don’t see any evidence that **SlackerInc** got a rise out of the ATMB topic, as I wrote in the original post. You do, and it’s your judgement that counts.

I also don’t agree with your giving him the benefit of the doubt on content-based viewpoints rather than good faith as a poster. Here on the internet, and especially on a message board, nothing is more sacrosanct than your word. I would much rather be written off as a horrible bigot than a troll. I can counter arguments against me being a bigot, but once the presumption of good faith is gone, there is no hope.

~Max

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