# 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:** 136
**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:** [February 14, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2708 "2021-02-14T07:11:08Z")
Is it, really? It seems to me that the Whedon issue is inextricably linked to the overall topic, due to being an example of said topic. There’s not really much to say other than “yes, that’s bad.” Or “no, that’s not bad” if you can’t compare it to other examples. I’d rather those who have been mentioned here or have done similar be kicked out rather than hobbling the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2709 "2021-02-17T10:40:33Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Certainly there is. But that’s a different thread. > > Start that convo if you wish and drop a link to it into the Whedon thread. Agreed, I started the thread to see what people thought about children’s entertainer Whedon, not other entertainers, let alone entertainers of adults. ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2710 "2021-02-17T11:17:34Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > s it, really? It seems to me that the Whedon issue is inextricably linked to the overall topic, due to being an example of said topic. No, we can focus on probable child abuser Whedon. Just like we can focus on child abusers like Gary Glitter, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2711 "2021-02-17T19:33:51Z")
Why are you trolling the shit out of your own thread? ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2712 "2021-02-17T20:05:30Z")
Trolls gotta troll… ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2713 "2021-02-17T20:07:37Z")
It’s hard to tell if he is talking shit about Whedon or about Superhero movies, or about people who watch them at this point. I’m starting to think he’s not debating in good faith… ---
**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:** [February 17, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2714 "2021-02-17T20:13:44Z")
I’ve had the troll on ignore ever since I saw it polluting the Stupid Liberal thread. ---
**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 17, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2715 "2021-02-17T20:29:43Z")
Troll, true to form: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-died/933140/68](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-died/933140/68) Content-free, says absolutely nothing, intended only to annoy. Dictionary definition of trolling. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2716 "2021-02-17T21:15:52Z")
Has it been confirmed that it’s not a matter of Poe’s Law manifesting itself? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2717 "2021-02-17T21:37:04Z")
You mean the post or the poster? This is certainly not a generally liberal poster making a sarcastic remark. The history of this poster has a few foaming at the mouth sort of trolling posts. For instance, one he was unofficially mod noted, but should have been warned: > [@](#): > > No surprise Hollywood is a left wing dominated industry and we all know what kind of dirt bags liberals are. Look at the sexual predator/thief at the White House and his son the crook. So yeah, either a troll, or someone pretending to be a troll, makes no difference. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2718 "2021-02-17T21:39:33Z")
…and the ground meat sauce product gets himself put on the fridge to chill… ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2719 "2021-02-18T04:04:08Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Laughs, lacanically ::golf clap:: ---
**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:** [February 18, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2720 "2021-02-18T04:28:21Z")
Nm. Gu ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2721 "2021-02-18T21:04:05Z")
I don’t think Manwich is deliberately trolling. I think he’s just a snobbish, egocentric dick. Our Roman friend is definitely a troll though. It’s possible that they hold the ridiculous positions they are posting here, but there purpose in posting is pissing people off so they’re a troll nevertheless. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2722 "2021-02-18T22:27:46Z")
My philosophy has always been that if it’s really, really hard to tell if a person is a troll or not… Does it matter? If you can’t tell the difference they are just as disruptive as a troll and need to be censured for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2723 "2021-02-19T01:27:44Z")
> [@naita](#): > > I don’t think Manwich is deliberately trolling. I think he’s just a snobbish, egocentric dick. I’ll credit him with enlightening me about the skeezy things Anthony Kiedis did. Slept with a 14 year old girl? _After_ she told him she was 14? Uuugh. ---
**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 19, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2724 "2021-02-19T08:25:23Z")
It’s not like he hid it. He wrote about it in his autobiography, after all. ---
**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 22, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2725 "2021-02-22T18:02:00Z")
Well, here’s one dumb motherfucker who’s overplayed their hand: > [@Biden drops the N-word at Munich Security Conference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-drops-the-n-word-at-munich-security-conference/933471): > > [Link](https://youtu.be/uwjxQoTyVAE?t=930) Whoopsies !!! Gods, I do not want 4 more years of this crap, let’s hope the mods stamp down on it hard. **Miller** ’s generally a _laissez-faire_ kind of mod, but even he should realize this is just egregious. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2726 "2021-02-22T18:02:41Z")
And off to ATMB for some ❄ whining: > [@Is the pit a place only to ridicule Trump and Conservatives - and not the other side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pit-a-place-only-to-ridicule-trump-and-conservatives-and-not-the-other-side/933485): > > [Appears so,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-drops-the-n-word-at-munich-security-conference/933471/12) Within about 10 minutes the thread was shut down due to a high volume of flags against it. Is that all it takes here is mass reporting of post ? I’m curious as to what the nature of the flags were that would lock down a clip of a president at a conference accidently dropping the n-word. If it was Trump, I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t have been shut down, and I wouldn’t want it to be. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2727 "2021-02-22T18:38:18Z")
That was so pathetic you could smell the desperation and body odor just by opening the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=137)