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

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**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:** ![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:** [April 30, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3276 "2021-04-30T19:29:07Z")

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I mean, I don’t want to promote this topic, but what the holy fuck is wrong with people so they ask questions like this?

> [@Who did the paying in the Gaetz affair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-the-paying-in-the-gaetz-affair/941118):
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> It certainly doesn’t seem that many people have a whole lot of good feeling about U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, but I am wondering if they are getting out the tar and feathers a bit soon. Unless law enforcement has more than what [salon.com](http://salon.com) has reported, the case against looks tenuous. Salon has reported Joel Greenberg wrote in a confession letter Gaetz paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl. [Salon’s article](https://www.salon.com/2021/04/30/matt-gaetz-associate-joel-greenberg-claims-in-letter-that-gaetz-paid-for-sex-with-minor/) Here are some quotes, which I may have chronologically out of order. Greenberg wrote these thing…

If you divide your age in half, and both the legal age limit _and_ your girlfriend are within rounding errors of that number, stop being a fucking pedo and date older women. And don’t make arguments for these people.

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