# 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:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/4709 "2021-09-11T15:21:16Z")

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To shift back to the topic of trolls on the Dope, a prime example from DemonTree:

> [@A Pit thread for Asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pit-thread-for-asahi/828944/211):
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> He won’t admit there is extremism on the left. It’s not like anyone on the left is saying things like this:

She selectively quotes me saying that I think it would be a good thing if those billionaires and CEOs who use bigotry to manipulate people and maintain power became fearful of the masses they exploit (i.e. the guillotine), but _leaves out the part in which I specify that I’m just talking about these manipulative billionaires and CEOs_, in order to imply that I want all conservatives/Trump supporters to be in fear of the guillotine.

When called on it, she pretends that even wishing that fear upon those manipulative fatcat assholes is “extreme”.

I don’t buy that she actually believes this – she just snipped something out of context because she wanted to make me look extreme, and then lied about it. In other words, trolling.

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