# Trolls R Us redux \[Now the argument clinic\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349 "2020-06-27T06:30:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 121
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2408 "2021-01-20T21:48:38Z")
**DemonTree** said in this thread that: “My posts speak for themselves. I’m interested in reasonable debate, not feeding the bad wolf, so I’m out now.” Well, in the thread about Venezuela and Maduro for sure her posts speak for themselves. They Scream “I’m JAQing off here!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2409 "2021-01-20T22:04:06Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Not really surprised by this either: > > [songsearch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/songsearch)BANNED: TROLLING He apparently earlier this morning changed his user tag to “Designated Troll”–a few hours later ye olde hammer came crashing down. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2410 "2021-01-20T22:42:00Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > I thought RyanAdam had been around for a while. Weird. Well, yeah, that’s kind of an obvious tell with socks. They know the board culture way too well for supposedly ‘new’ posters. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2411 "2021-01-20T23:01:00Z")
I just don’t get the mindset. If you get banned, take the hint! On the other hand, I wish we had a Box like GiraffeBoards. That way, you could still interact with some posters if you wanted to, and maybe they could make amends and get unboxed. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2412 "2021-01-20T23:51:50Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Well, in the thread about Venezuela and Maduro for sure her posts speak for themselves. They Scream “I’m JAQing off here!” That’s totally uncalled for. Half my posts in that thread were just me trying to explain after you misunderstood something I wrote. I don’t even know what you’re disagreeing with me about. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2413 "2021-01-21T06:27:17Z")
MustangSal in the “it wasn’t a coup” thread joined 8 hours ago. Seems troll-y/sock-y to me. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2414 "2021-01-21T06:30:41Z")
Yah think? And very much a one verse pony. Going to wear out their copy/paste buttons. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2415 "2021-01-21T06:37:43Z")
Shortly after our small “seeing this thread title pisses me off” aside, s/he shows up and keeps it at the top… And just one-trick-ponies it up to the top, over and over and over… Yeah. Definitely a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2416 "2021-01-21T07:02:56Z")
Absolutely correct. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2417 "2021-01-21T09:41:15Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > Half my posts in that thread were just me trying to explain after you misunderstood something I wrote. I don’t even know what you’re disagreeing with me about. HE IS TRYING TO EAT BREAKFAST! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2418 "2021-01-21T11:12:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I can’t tell whether that guy’s trolling or just in the process of a personal meltdown. Either way, he’s currently shitting up that thread something fierce. He’s still going in the SLIOTD thread. If he’s not deliberately trolling, he’s a fucking moron. Or possibly both. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2419 "2021-01-21T13:02:28Z")
As the esteemed Arthur C. Clarke _almost_ said: > Any sufficiently disinformation-besotted but otherwise sincere RW adherent is indistinguishable from a troll. Which description probably applies to 80+% of the fools who were incited to ruin their lives on 1/6/21 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2420 "2021-01-21T14:33:08Z")
It is hard to tell a RWinger from a troll, because RWingers have been taught that trolling is a legitimate tool to upset their opponents…which apparently is now one of the primary goals of their Party. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2421 "2021-01-21T16:12:14Z")
[joesnowden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joesnowden/summary) has had an interesting start to his/her posting career. j ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2422 "2021-01-21T16:13:17Z")
More like an interesting finish-He has been suspended. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2423 "2021-01-21T16:13:54Z")
Exactly. Socking, I’m guessing? j ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2424 "2021-01-21T16:17:15Z")
And only two badges. Pitiful. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2425 "2021-01-21T18:08:21Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Exactly. Socking, I’m guessing? “She” joined right after our latest Designated Troll got banned, amirite? ---
**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 22, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2426 "2021-01-22T15:04:57Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > MustangSal in the “it wasn’t a coup” thread joined 8 hours ago. Seems troll-y/sock-y to me. Warned for ignoring moderator instructions in the DemonTree Title IX thread. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2427 "2021-01-22T23:52:54Z")
> [@Hari Seldon's warning in the Biden XO transgender sports thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hari-seldons-warning-in-the-biden-xo-transgender-sports-thread/931134/73): > > I was more hoping what was meant was that the mods were discussing shutting down transphobia disguised as JAQing… Toldja. And the era of JAQing shall continue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=122)