# 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:** 80
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1587 "2020-11-09T03:48:38Z")
J’accuse!! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1588 "2020-11-09T03:50:48Z")
There are rules, _here_, about not trolling, not socking, and not being a jerk. There are no such rules on Twitter and given the antics of a shitton of RWNJs on Twitter, what @Ann_Hedonia has admitted to is small potatoes and well deserved. On Twitter, I tell the assholes what I think about them and I don’t use polite language when I do. Is that trolling? I rather expect that’s what she is doing. You’re being a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1589 "2020-11-09T03:50:58Z")
Ok I can see how that could look like an accusation, but it was more of a question than anything. I’d never noticed her posts to be trollish, but I found the glee with which she’d admitted to trolling Twitter troubling. As I said, **I believe her** when she says she’s never trolled here. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1590 "2020-11-09T03:55:19Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > given the antics of a shitton of RWNJs on Twitter Ah, the old “they started it” defense. Good one. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1591 "2020-11-09T04:00:27Z")
FOUR YEARS, Mikey-boy. Four years of “Fuck your feelings.” Four years of threats of physical violence and the carrying out thereof by, yes, RWNJ. Four years of “own the libtards”. Forgive me for being human and taking pleasure in being rude to a bunch of fucking assholes who have been actively working to destroy the human rights of everyone who isn’t also a RWNJ. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1592 "2020-11-09T04:07:57Z")
I’m not going to apologize for disrupting the Twitter accounts of the Trump inner circle or Pro-Trump hashtags. I think it’s a public service, it makes the feeds useless for their intended purpose. Which was your point, I get that. And we’ll have to agree to disagree, I think it’s a legitimate political tactic. Their feeds are about 80% disruption anyway. And frequently I’m calling out misinformation, albeit in a less that polite way. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1593 "2020-11-09T04:52:00Z")
Yeah, that’s pretty much what I did. Gave them a few facts and told them they were liars, stupid, deluded or just plain crooks. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1594 "2020-11-09T04:56:25Z")
You know, I was just thinking that it was sort of …interesting that Twitter pretty much let me shit-post to my heart’s content up until Election Day, then a day or two later I got suspended permanently for one of the mildest things I’ve ever posted. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1595 "2020-11-09T05:02:18Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I don’t even like the place but every now and then **I’d walk in, play Whack-A-Mole for a half hour or so** and release some frustration. Aha! So you freely admit to trolling our poster Whack-A-Mole! Have you no shame?! ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1596 "2020-11-09T11:04:40Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > As I said, **I believe her** when she says she’s never trolled here. I’m sure she’ll sleep better knowing this. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1597 "2020-11-09T15:04:27Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > …play Whack-A-Mole for a **half hour or so** and release some frustration. > [@needscoffee](#): > > Aha! So you freely admit to trolling our poster Whack-A-Mole! Have you no shame?! Me, I’m concerned about it being quite the marathon session. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1598 "2020-11-09T15:51:51Z")
Maybe he **needscoffee** afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1599 "2020-11-09T16:27:18Z")
Eh, you’re not worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1600 "2020-11-09T21:05:41Z")
Pro-tip for finding trolls: “This user’s public profile is hidden.” ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1601 "2020-11-09T23:11:37Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Pro-tip for finding trolls: “This user’s public profile is hidden.”  Unfortunately, I think that’s the case for all new posters. Having a profile, I believe, requires Trust Level 2. ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1602 "2020-11-09T23:23:20Z")
Why should any poster help you doxx them? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1603 "2020-11-09T23:23:55Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > > [@Pleonast](#): > > > > Pro-tip for finding trolls: “This user’s public profile is hidden.”  > > Unfortunately, I think that’s the case for all new posters. Having a profile, I believe, requires Trust Level 2. - I’ve seen plenty of spammers with public profiles. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1604 "2020-11-09T23:35:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’ve seen plenty of spammers with public profiles. Interesting. Said spammers are new signups, I presume, and not ones that signed up a while back and waited? I just remember being told that I could now have a public profile when I was moved to Trust Level 2. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1605 "2020-11-10T01:14:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’ve seen plenty of spammers with public profiles. How many trolls, especially socks, have public profiles? Spammers expect to be banned quickly. Trolls want attention, and hiding their profile makes it harder to ignore them. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1606 "2020-11-10T08:56:49Z")
I think you’re misunderstanding what is in a public profile. Either that, or you don’t understand doxxing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=81)