according to Buzzfeed, Milo Y was revealed to be using Nazi language with his passwords. Milo claimed he was trolling, a strange claim, given that passwords are supposed to be secret
trolls like Milo use language that is designed to shock. it can be deeply offensive, as do their actions. if words were neutral, trolls wouldn't use them like this. they consider words as a weapon, and a gateway to much greater harm
the internet started as a bastion for free expression. but that balancing act is getting harder. the trolls are winning
some folks see trolling as a political objective. others do it for entertainment. having morals in general is seen as being "soft"..."humiliating people is fun but hurting them is hilarious", says troll meepsheep
Trump has been labelled a troll by everyone from the Washington Post to Dave Chappelle. after he fired off some sexist tweets, the New Yorker's John Cassidy took it one step further, calling him "the troll-in-chief"!
one Australian troll admitted to targeting folks with autism or mental illness. "some people should kill themselves because they're generally pieces of shit", he bellowed
after a young girl was killed after getting hit by a train, he tried to upset her loved ones by calling her "a train hugger"
when asked why, he said: "because it's funny, it provides entertainment. i have emotions but nothing to do with regretting stuff and that field of emotions including sadness...i don't think it's morally ok. morals don't come into it. i know everything i do is wrong"
he should be locked up for saying all that!
researchers have found that trolling correlates strongly with 3 of the 4 "dark" personality traits: psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism. Sadism has the strongest link. interestingly, narcissism was not correlated with trolling enjoyment
these folks didn't come from nowhere, and i would challenge the idea that they fell from the sky as trolls
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