# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 491
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14341 "2026-03-12T00:26:49Z")
Everybody be careful if you visit the cornfield. There’s apparently a bad dog living there now. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14342 "2026-03-12T00:29:28Z")
Good! ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14343 "2026-03-12T01:09:46Z")
I like to think that the final straw was the mods noticing me putting them on ignore. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14344 "2026-03-12T01:23:58Z")
Said recently banned poster had been on our watchlist since that State of the Union address thread, with some time taken to build consensus in part due to the age of the account. If the suspicions of this thread are correct, we’ll see them again, so no need to throw more attention in their direction. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14345 "2026-03-12T14:12:55Z")
3 posts were merged into an existing topic: [What were you THINKING?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6777) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14346 "2026-03-20T12:28:45Z")
ZosterSandstorm is back, in a thread about Graham Platner, making his usual wild and unsubstantiated snarls against the left in a way so patently dishonest and rage-baity that I’m unwilling to chalk it up to stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14347 "2026-03-20T12:30:44Z")
Is it worth flagging? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14348 "2026-03-20T12:36:46Z")
I don’t know that it’s worth flagging; based on my experience and on the policy of “not moderating for factual claims”, I suspect y’all won’t see it as trollish as I see it. I just wanted to vent. If others disagree (either that it’s obviously not trolling, or obviously is), I’d be curious to hear why. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14349 "2026-03-20T12:38:39Z")
I just checked and agree, not worth flagging. Nothing actionable about those posts. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14350 "2026-03-20T12:39:32Z")
It falls into the category of “never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity,” and I’m just not feeling charitable enough to think he’s stupid. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14351 "2026-03-20T12:40:53Z")
He used to be a lot worse and these days he posts within our rules. He might post unpleasant opinions, but as you said, we don’t moderate for that. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14352 "2026-03-20T12:48:23Z")
You do moderate for deliberate dishonesty, especially when it’s intended to provoke other posters, right? That’s what I’m seeing from him, but I recognize it’s a judgment call. The repeated factual accusations that are counterfactual and uncited, with all requests for cites ignored, points heavily to that IMO. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14353 "2026-03-20T13:02:19Z")
I’ll just say that his response to me in the Platner thread is certainly … provocative. I have chosen to ignore it, since it’s so ludicrous it is not worth responding to. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14354 "2026-03-20T13:20:43Z")
At least that thread helped me finally figure out what DSA was. I had never heard the term. (Democratic Socialists of America, for those not as hep as I am) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14355 "2026-03-20T15:43:26Z")
My nephew grew disenchanted with the Democrats over Gaza and is now a part of the DSA. [Here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America) is the Wiki page on them. The organization had a big boost in 2016 thanks to Bernie Sanders. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14356 "2026-03-21T04:18:58Z")
> [@ShadowFacts](#): > > I have chosen to ignore it, since it’s so ludicrous it is not worth responding to. I put him on ignore years ago because he is a malicious, lying piece of shit. I can’t wait until he slips up bad enough to finally get banned from this board for good. Seriously, he is the **worst** poster on this site. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14357 "2026-04-20T04:09:48Z")
We’ve got a live one, folks: ```auto https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-birthrate-alone/1029286/122 ``` ---
**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:** [April 20, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14358 "2026-04-20T09:33:50Z")
They make a compelling argument, in that I am compelled to vomit when I read it. If they’re not actively trolling they’re inadvertently doing a good impression of it. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14359 "2026-04-20T10:29:40Z")
Something about this fellow’s name and post style pinged my reincarnation of **Sliced\_Alone** -o-meter. **[Search results - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?expanded=true&q=foathers%20topic%3A1029351%20before%3A2026-04-20)**. The post itself is inoccuous. But I’d be a tad suspicious nevertheless. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/14360 "2026-04-20T13:24:19Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > We’ve got a live one, folks: > [@Gyrate](#): > > If they’re not actively trolling they’re inadvertently doing a good impression of it. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Something about this fellow’s name and post style pinged my reincarnation of **Sliced\_Alone** -o-meter. This one is in the cornfield now. Someone flagged it and I already had them noted as a strong chance of a Trock, though not Sliced. It is an older one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=490) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518.md?page=492)