# 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:** 82
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1627 "2020-11-15T14:36:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Agree that his signs are ambiguous. And that the very most skilled trolls can play a whole crowd like a fiddle despite each crowd member’s different individual tolerances. pay out _just_ enough line and reel in _juuust_ hard enough to keep resetting the hook. etc. The key on this message board is to play the part of an aggrieved class, just off the top of my head including minorities, the disabled, and on this board, Republicans and racists. You can get away with more personal\* attacks and some people will leap to your defense that you should tolerate that sort of language/believe their story because otherwise you’d be showing your prejudice. \*While certainly liberal posters get away with more attacks on Republicans _in general_, as opposed to against members of the Dope, just by their sheer volume than by any relative tendency toward vituperousness. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1628 "2020-11-15T15:54:07Z")
Grunka Lunka dunkety doo We’ve got a friendly warning for you Grunka Lunka dunkety dasis The secret of Slurm’s on a need-to-know basis Asking questions in school is a great way to learn If you try that stuff here you might get your legs broke We once found a dead guy face down in the Slurm It could easily happen again to you, folks So keep your head down and keep your mouth shut Grunka Lunka Lunka dunkety dutt! ---
**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:** [November 15, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1629 "2020-11-15T16:03:55Z")
_Applause_ ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1630 "2020-11-15T17:53:36Z")
Golf clap ---
**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:** [November 15, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1631 "2020-11-15T20:27:42Z")
Great. [D’Asshole found its way here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7593) and started posting last week. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1632 "2020-11-15T21:19:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > He’s definitely playing the tedious Asbergery wanker role. Oh OK ---
**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 15, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1633 "2020-11-15T22:23:59Z")
Ah, thanks for the warning. He’s gone (for me) now. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1634 "2020-11-16T09:20:24Z")
Yeah, he’s back and with the same old bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1635 "2020-11-16T13:55:58Z")
You mean this sort of thing? D’Anconia: [Assertion] Other posters: wait, what? What are you basing this on? D’Anconia: [Repeat assertion] Other posters: Seriously, where are you getting this from? D’Anconia: [Repeat assertion] Other posters: FFS, could you back this up with an actual fucking argument? D’Anconia: [Repeat assertion] [Repeat sequence until the heat death of the universe] ---
**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 16, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1636 "2020-11-16T15:05:29Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > D’Anconia: [Assertion] > > Other posters: wait, what? What are you basing this on? > > D’Anconia: [Repeat assertion] > > Other posters: Seriously, where are you getting this from? > > D’Anconia: [Repeat assertion] > > Other posters: FFS, could you back this up with an actual fucking argument? > > D’Anconia: [Repeat assertion] Does not pass the Turing test. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1637 "2020-11-16T15:14:48Z")
Stupid Liberal Idea: Assuming D’Anconia is remotely interested in discussing the issue in good faith. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1638 "2020-11-16T15:40:52Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Does not pass the Turing test. Or the Voight-Kampf. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1639 "2020-11-16T19:18:47Z")
Truthseeker3 is back and gish-galloping his little heart out in this now-closed thread: > [@A little help fighting fraud allegations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help-fighting-fraud-allegations/925727): > > I’ve been asked/told the following: (1) Why were so many of the ballot drop boxes made available and not secured? (2) Why does everyone that votes not have to have a picture ID? (3) When and why do some states now allow same day voter registration? (4) Why is it that neither party is enforcing the law that says voter registration rolls or lists have to be cleaned up every five years? (5) In the state of Michigan, everyone was mailed a ballot - not every registered voter, but everyone in the… ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1640 "2020-11-16T20:38:48Z")
And a fine JAQ-off it was. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1641 "2020-11-16T20:45:22Z")
I can tell from all of the yellow stains all over his monitor. ---
**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 16, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1642 "2020-11-16T23:11:08Z")
My favorite episode of that show. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1643 "2020-11-17T01:45:28Z")
Mine is The Sting. I’m such a softy. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1644 "2020-11-17T07:42:28Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Great. [D’Asshole found its way here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/7593) and started posting last week. Found him today again. I honestly thought he’d been banned?!? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1645 "2020-11-17T07:51:58Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Found him today again. I honestly thought he’d been banned?! Certainly should be. He’s just about the most useless poster I’ve ever seen. Just repeats the same flat assertions over and over, with no attempt to debate. Boring _and_ annoying at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1646 "2020-11-17T07:55:31Z")
Oh absolutely. It’s like trying to argue with the woman on Google maps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349.md?page=83)