[clue] [Politics] What is a troll ? What is trolling ?

[Will]

Trolling is stating something that you do not believe to get a rise out of
people.  For instance if I were to give a MacBook to Dave Willson and tell
him he should try it out because it kicks Linux's behind.  That would be a
troll because I did it for no other reason then to watching his reaction.

Your disapproval of social norms and excepted truths of the group are in no
way related to trolling.  People are not saying anyone of those things to
get a raise out of you.

I think Dave calls Torren  a troll because Dave wants to give Torren
a benefit of doubt and hopes he just likes to watch the e-mail list explode
in activity.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:31 PM, YES NOPE9 <yes at nope9.com> wrote:

> There are many times when I see conventional memes that drive me
> crazy......
> To me that is trolling....but since these paradigms are so widely accepted
> ... they are allowed a pass. So I guess most people would not consider them
> trolling.
>
> Some examples:
>
> #1   It is okay to kill people in other countries without a trial.
> #2   "Bad" people or foreigners do not deserve the protection of the US
> legal system.
> #3   If the russians build a wall it is bad...   If the US builds a wall,
> it is okay.
> #4   US soldiers are heroes  .... fighters in other countries are
> terrorists.
> #5   War is a glorious enterprise.
>
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