# Trolls R Us redux \[Now the argument clinic\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349>\
**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")\
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**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 5, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/2257 "2021-01-05T21:04:18Z")

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[From the ATMB thread]

> [@Warnings in Politics & Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-in-politics-elections/929717/17):
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> The form of trolling that involves just spouting made-up stuff to try to make people apoplectic in response looks increasingly the same as someone quite sincerely regurgitating things they “learned” on right-wing media.

That’s because they are.

To be a GOP supporter right now you HAVE to also be a troll. This endless hand-wringing about is he or isn’t he, where we need a mind-reading device to be “sure” that they are, is just such endless & pointless mental masturbation. The end result is the same-discussion and debate are devalued and sidetracked, the message board experience is thus lessened in quality. That the “one” kind is doing so fully knowingly, and the “other” utterly unconsciously, is utterly beside the point.

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