Just wondering. . .

[Foxfyre]

Take that suspicion and look for familiar names on other forums. The findings might surprise you.

In all honesty, the only ones I've noticed using the same name at different forums are those I've counted as friends. We sometimes don't share the same ideology or perspectives, but in no way have I thought of them as fake or trolls.

 

[petro]

After a few exchanges with some members this week, I am wondering if others have noticed what I have noticed?

--Do you ever get the sense you're being played by this or that person?

--Do you ever get the sense you are a favorite target of a dedicated troll?

--Do you ever suspect somebody is not at all who or what he/she claims to be? That he/she is playacting a role in an attempt to impress or be seen as credible?

--Do you ever suspect we're dealing with some really questionable IQs here, i.e. people are incapable of reading or understanding what another has posted?

No biggie here. Just wondering.

Oh yeah.
A few lunatics who seem to latch onto my ankles and keep gumming them.
My alerts have been blown up by a few of the usual agitators.
After a while I get bored slapping them around with my superior prose, wit, and intelligent sarcasm.
In the basement, I have been known to cuss a wee bit.

They sure aren't selling their views as acceptable. In fact, quite the opposite.

 

[Foxfyre]

I usually get all of those impressions from Fox's posts.

I'm dead serious. "She" is a consistent troll. The OP was very definitely dishonest trolling.

I see several share your opinion about that. I wonder what I have posted that constitutes 'trolling' or 'consistent trolling'?

What in the OP is dishonest?

 

[toobfreak]

After a few exchanges with some members this week, I am wondering if others have noticed what I have noticed?
--Do you ever get the sense you're being played by this or that person?
--Do you ever get the sense you are a favorite target of a dedicated troll?

Newsflash: the Dims are in a world of hurt, their foreign-funded effort to infiltrate and influence American social policy has failed, so all they have left is paid trolls who at best just provoke and irritate while playing dead-end mind games. Just put them all on Iggy as you encounter them.

They are all ineffectual bottle babies just looking for a little attention to make themselves feel noticed and worthwhile because otherwise, they are a total failure in life.

 

[petro]

I see several share your opinion about that. I wonder what I have posted that constitutes 'trolling' or 'consistent trolling'?

What in the OP is dishonest?

If anything I have found you to be typically the most polite and civil poster on the board.

The stray kitty is what I consider a site troll and thread derailer.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

If anything I have found you to be typically the most polite and civil poster on the board.

The stray kitty is what I consider a site troll and thread derailer.

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Ditto.

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[Foxfyre]

If anything I have found you to be typically the most polite and civil poster on the board.

The stray kitty is what I consider a site troll and thread derailer.

You are very kind and thank you. I do try not to engage in food fights. The closest I come is when I try to get them to address the thread topic or back up the stuff they post. Very very few can or will do that.

 

[Foxfyre]

Newsflash: the Dims are in a world of hurt, their foreign-funded effort to infiltrate and influence American social policy has failed, so all they have left is paid trolls who at best just provoke and irritate while playing dead-end mind games. Just put them all on Iggy as you encounter them.

They are all ineffectual bottle babies just looking for a little attention to make themselves feel noticed and worthwhile because otherwise, they are a total failure in life.

Nobody but me knows who or whether I have anyone on ignore. Generally I just try to stick with my New Year's Resolution: I resolve not to feed the trolls, argue with idiots or engage in other exercises of futility.

But sometimes I can't resist the huge opportunity they give me to teach when I think/hope I have something of value to offer. I know it will fall on deaf ears of whomever I am responding to, but hope it can be useful to others.

 

[Foxfyre]

<<snip>> (edited down to what I'm responding to)

The low level of reading comprehension is astonishing.

My list of those I have recommended take a good remedial reading comprehension course is growing.

 

[Foxfyre]

Were you around for the Derp Lord?

SHE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED?

I am 95% sure mamooth is a sock for her.

I don't spend much time trying to identify socks. But others who interact with certain members often have often reported them when they presumably are identified and I usually can then agree with the logic behind that--similarities in style, language, same kind of trollish behavior and such.

There was one member who I'm sure had two accounts here and his two screennames used to have long discussions with each other affirming each other's points of view of course. It became obvious due to their writing style, peculiar syntax, same misspelled words and such. Asked a friendly mod to quietly check them out, and sure enough, same ISP.

That in itself is not necessarily proof as more than one person can share a computer or ISP. Hombre and I for instance each have our own PCs and laptops, and are on the same home network, sometimes use each other's computers, but are definitely two different persons. There are good USMB members who know us and can vouch for that.

 

[jackflash]

I'm more concerned with the leftist Gaslighters that show-up in every thread and try to derail it.

Some are getting so desperate and annoying (but had entertainment value) I'm gonna put them on ignore.

U hit a home run with the bases loaded on the "Gaslighting" & ESPECIALLY on the "DESPERATE". The current turn of events looks to be going from bad to worse for the DNC/Democrat party. The Democrat candidates/incumbents in the upcoming mid-term elections in my opinion will be hard pressed to hold their own, let alone expand their influence across America. The central problem for/with the DNC is two fold with their adherence/addiction to the marxist religion. The second problem the Democrat party faces is with their One World Without Borders(OWWB) fantasy. If the Democrat constituency keeps supporting candidates that harbor the before mentioned two issues they will continue to decline in number for sure.

 

[westwall]

After a few exchanges with some members this week, I am wondering if others have noticed what I have noticed?

--Do you ever get the sense you're being played by this or that person?

--Do you ever get the sense you are a favorite target of a dedicated troll?

--Do you ever suspect somebody is not at all who or what he/she claims to be? That he/she is playacting a role in an attempt to impress or be seen as credible?

--Do you ever suspect we're dealing with some really questionable IQs here, i.e. people are incapable of reading or understanding what another has posted?

No biggie here. Just wondering.

There are several posters here who exhibit the thought processes of sociopaths.

There are others who are just plain stupid.

 

[Foxfyre]

U hit a home run with the bases loaded on the "Gaslighting" & ESPECIALLY on the "DESPERATE". The current turn of events looks to be going from bad to worse for the DNC/Democrat party. The Democrat candidates/incumbents in the upcoming mid-term elections in my opinion will be hard pressed to hold their own, let alone expand their influence across America. The central problem for/with the DNC is two fold with their adherence/addiction to the marxist religion. The second problem the Democrat party faces is with their One World Without Borders(OWWB) fantasy. If the Democrat constituency keeps supporting candidates that harbor the before mentioned two issues they will continue to decline in number for sure.

We can hope. There are many Democrats that I am quite fond of. Good people. Wouldn't intentionally harm or attack anyone. But they buy into partisan, intellectually dishonest, manipulative media narratives that make the worst Democrats looks good and anybody who is Republican/MAGA/Patriot look bad. Anyone who gets all their information from network news, CNN, MSNBC is woefully misled and ignorant on what the current administration is accomplishing.

So those people will still continue to vote Democrat without any realization of the terrible policies they are voting for.