# 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:** 133
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2648 "2021-01-30T21:54:20Z")
> [@Manwich](#): > > > [@Colibri](#): > > > > The idea is that you’re supposed to make _the other guy_ look like an asshole, not yourself. > > That sounds bad. Shitting yourself in public is generally considered a bad thing, which is what you just did. ---
**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2649 "2021-01-30T22:43:39Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > , and even commented at length about a particular mod in ATMB. Almost as if he has some history I don’t really want to defend myself against your accusations but I’ll point out this isn’t true so you might be mixing me up with someone else ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2650 "2021-01-30T23:22:04Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > If someone like **you or I** with good writing skills… 🧐 🤣 ---
**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 30, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2651 "2021-01-30T23:24:52Z")
:smack: Oops! I notice you carefully sidestepped **Gaudere** ’s curse by posting only emoticons. _Very_ clever. ---
**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 31, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2652 "2021-01-31T16:48:01Z")
A day later … I see my “pal” **Jillwood77** has graduated to adding political cites in her thread about IQ. Including one Trump-fellating piece that Trump’s IQ, proven by a website test, is 156. So a Super Genius well beyond even Wile E. Coyote. The ugly hornrims have been thrown off, and the mild-mannered suit is now being wriggled out of. _Super Troll_ is about to emerge. Oh joy. Mods: Load your ban-rifles! ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2653 "2021-01-31T17:02:59Z")
Good catch. In the “When did corporatists started?” (sic) thread, it is literally “just asking questions.” And it’s clear enough the answer it’s going for is “the liberals are to blame!” because in its latest posting it’s helpfully eliminated conservatives and libertarians as possible agents for government intermingling with business interests. **Jillwood77** : > [@](#): > > Well that is the thing the conservatives over and over seem to subscribe to Adam Smith views of hands of approach of capitalism and also there are libertarians in the US that say even the conservatives are not going all the way to 100% true free market. > > The conservatives seem to say over and over you need a small government and free mark and not to control capitalism and anti monopoly laws are bad. > > But today it is worse we have merger of businesses and government. Where government will do any thing to help the big businesses. What I would like to know is how did this happen and want is causing this and how can people stop this. ---
**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 31, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2654 "2021-01-31T19:13:42Z")
[TPTB are on to **D’Asshole**.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-post-is-trolling-wtf/931666/3) ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2655 "2021-02-03T20:17:14Z")
> [@Manwich](#): > > We have unrepentant members of the US military here. Occam’s rasor says they are sexually aroused by the idea of dead Muslims. I’m going to ask for a judge’s ruling as to whether this nastiness crosses the no racism line. > [@Colibri](#): > > Admittedly this thread is so attractive to trolls that sometimes it seems like a roach motel. Win-win. We get to snark on trolls and they get to visit the cornfield. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2656 "2021-02-03T20:53:18Z")
While it’s obviously horrible trolling\* I don’t see how it’s _racist_. It’s an _accusation_ of racism, if anything. . . . \* and I say this as someone with no love for the US military ---
**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:** [February 4, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2657 "2021-02-04T19:11:58Z")
You’re right. Racism isn’t the right descriptor. The whole statement is fair in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2658 "2021-02-04T19:21:13Z")
This is the Dope. Accusations of racism are far more serious than racism. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2659 "2021-02-05T02:23:12Z")
I see **MrMrmrmr** has returned in force this evening. Everything Biden is doing is unprecedently unwise and evil. Just beyond the pale of human decency. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2660 "2021-02-05T03:06:24Z")
Oh, **MrMrmrmr** is quite the gem: a **[white nationalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-republicans/918679/44)** who believes that **[Obama hated immigrants too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-to-open-overflow-facility/932226/9)**; who believes that **[a progressive tax system will cause all rich people to leave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-jerry-seinfeld/931260/61)**, and who absolutely has hard evidence from “a friend” that unless they have disabilities, **[people with low incomes are just lazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-honest-attempt-to-see-the-other-side-by-a-progressive/926354/269)**. And those are just a few random glimpses of the churning shambles that lives between his ears. I hardly ever interact with him so I’ve formed no opinion on whether he’s very young and stupidly uninformed, or old and just naturally stupid, or just a stupid troll. ---
**Author:** ![MrMrmrmr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrmrmrmr/32/5828_2.png) [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2661 "2021-02-05T03:15:22Z")
I would go with old and stupid. Man, I am so dumb. You are so smart, I am ashamed to exist on the same planet as you. Get up, walk around the room proudly, as you enjoy your superiority. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2662 "2021-02-05T03:22:22Z")
> [@MrMrmrmr](#): > > I would go with old and stupid. OK, thanks. That works. I thought maybe you were like 12 and growing up in a Trumpian household. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2663 "2021-02-05T14:43:56Z")
And now **Sleepy Joe** has joined, using a politically provocative pic of Biden as his(?) avatar and generally one liner-ing and JAQing all over the place. One is just _so_ impressed by the wit and wisdom. Under which rock do we find such ~~men~~ trolls? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2664 "2021-02-05T15:05:54Z")
I noticed him. Hard to miss. I predict a short career here. Trumpist politics aside, the “serial killers I have known” thread he started is certainly a change of pace from things we usually see. I wonder if it reflects his personal aspirations. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2665 "2021-02-05T15:11:00Z")
His profile now says " **This user is suspended until Feb 8, 2021 5:00 am.**" ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2666 "2021-02-05T15:18:20Z")
Alas, SleepyJoe - we hardly gave a shit about thee. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2667 "2021-02-05T15:20:27Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > … > the “serial killers I have known” thread he started is certainly a change of pace from things we usually see. I wonder if it reflects his personal aspirations. Thanks for the call-out; I’d have missed that one. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=132) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=134)