Umm, there’s something about the way you worded that that could make it seem like either a solicitation of further cites to boost your case to the modloop, OR a dire threat. 
I read it as the latter but now I think it was meant to be the former.
Hey, this is the Straight Dope Message Boad! Why can’t it be both? 
Not a dire threat.
Damn you’re smug.
Ssmug.
Looks like you succeeded.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone who says things like “Did I trigger you?” who wasn’t a massive dipshit, and that goes even for people who say it ironically.
Oh… does that… trigger you? 
I’m of much the same mind. The attitudes behind the phrase are almost always that of a consummate bully who smugly assumes they are “winning” by making the other person angry. It’s almost always deliberate manipulation, and often accompanied by what we refer to as “sea lion” behavior. So they demand to be treated with respect while actively trying to provoke a hurtful emotional reaction.
No one in my experience has ever used the phrase and did NOT mean it to hurt, although those using it ironically may well feel justified.
Uh-oh, we’re in for it now!
(7 minutes later)
Still typing! 
I suggest that you go to the OP of this thread and start reading down from there.
Perhaps your could share your wise words by replying to everyone that has made someone angry. It might take awhile, but by the time you get back here you just may be tired of this shit and go do something else.
I didn’t join this forum to bicker with people.
When people are acting shitty though, I’ll sometimes counter-punch.
Don’t like it?
T/S
Wow, you couldn’t even be bothered to read my whole post? I feel insulted. Let me repeat:
I doubt there’s anyone in the thread that did not WANT to hurt someone, and felt it was justified, but they almost never try to obfuscate, they did it to point out attack, or vent their almost always justified rage at poor behavior of others who were protected by the rules of other forums.
I don’t pretend that we’re unsoiled paragons of Good here - we see assholish behavior and we call it out. Sometimes we are wrong, or misinterpret, but we’ve got a pretty good track record. And sometimes people read their pittings and improve.
The ones that get super defensive though, or try to deflect blame, like, oh, maybe it’ll come to me, starts with a sibilant sound… it’ll come back to me, couldn’t be anyone important, well, those sorts of people are almost always driven by the desire to bully, or who want to appear superior to others, with little if any justification.
But hey, if you think this thread/forum is low value, there are many others who dislike it as well, but the commonalities are bloody obvious to everyone else.
Some better than others. Opinion is not uniform.
Sure, I’ll own it. That’s why I said ‘pretty good’, not great, not perfect - we’re far from it. Our egos and emotions get in the way. Which is why I (and I suspect a lot of the others) will post here to see if someone else gets that same ‘troll-tingle’ from a poster, and we’ll often debate.
But it’s a discussion that can’t happen outside of the pit, and for good reason.
But few if any here are concealing their feelings or motivations, unlike most sea-lions, who hide their hate and contempt behind the veneer of civility.
All worthwhile points. I am just resistant to the use of “us” and “we” as if there is an inevitable coalescing of opinion on the various flavors of troll-like beings that visit our sphere. I am also not a fan of the sweetheart relationship between this thread and at least one moderator, but that’s another topic, I guess.
Of course not, you’ve been unfailingly polite.
Aww, no personal agency. We made you do it. I promise I’ll fold the towels the way you like next time.
Oh, I always find the tough guy act to be greatly amusing.
You guys use the same formula time after time.
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Find someone that you don’t like for “reasons”
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Rally the posse in Trolls R Us
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Start gossiping (don’t use @) wink-wink.
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When the person finds out and responds - Bull rush them
It’s not unexpected given the state of US society.
I don’t know what the fix is.
Wow. That was quite the misrepresentation. But you left out a common step.
Find objectionable individual, who effortlessly misrepresents others, attempt reason, find the misrepresentations continue, and use our lovely board software to ignore.
An ability I will now happily use.
Ah, the ol’ “I’m not arguing, I’m counterpunching” line.
You know who else is very proud of his self-proclaimed reputation as a counter puncher?