# You can't chide someone for trolling IRL either? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 8, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-chide-someone-for-trolling-irl-either/784052 "2017-04-08T12:45:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 41
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-chide-someone-for-trolling-irl-either/784052/41 "2017-04-14T18:53:03Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > **Riemann** : Forget about the word “troll”, because that’s not the issue. The issue is insulting another poster. IOW: “Your action in real life makes you an unrespectable person”. That’s an insult, plain and simple. Whether those actions were trolling or killing puppies doesn’t matter. It’s the unrespectable part that matters. No, the warning was specifically for violating the rule against accusations of trolling. > [@Why do Trump and other "conservatives" want to defund opera and other arts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-trump-and-other-conservatives-want-to-defund-opera-and-other-arts/783963/100): > > This is a warning for accusing another poster of trolling. If you feel you must, the BBQ Pit is right around the corner. > > [/moderating] If you think Elvis’s comment violates some other board rule, that’s a separate discussion. As an insult, how does Elvis’s comment stack up against using the word “libtard”, for which a warning was rescinded? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-cant-chide-someone-for-trolling-irl-either/784052)._