>> Generally is VERY perceptive.
Thank you!
I suspect we think along the same lines, so right back atcha!
I HAVE had doubts about Q at times. And I’ve also been accused of being a concern troll (not on the Q threads, IIRC, but on other threads). I think doubt is genuine and VALUABLE! We SHOULD have doubt. It means we’re not just swallowing everything that’s shoveled at us.
I try to be careful with noobs and answer their doubts because I try to put myself in their position. If you are new to Q, it’s very overwhelming and you are bound to have questions and doubts. We need to offer data and facts to those people so they can decide for themselves about Q. If we only mock them or accuse them of being concern trolls, then we drive them away. That does not help us!
Even if they really are trolls, they serve several valuable purposes. The sudden appearance of trolls tells us we’re over the target! They also force us to think and argue intelligently.
Differences between trolls and honest questioners: The questioners question to learn. The trolls question to cast doubt. They argue for the sake of arguing. Honest Questioners are much more likely to concede a point. A troll just shifts to a new topic, gets angry, attacks, name-calls, or starts spewing nonsense.
One suggestion for both is to ask them to read first. You can learn a lot if you read all the Q posts or even just the last few weeks’ worth. Read a few hundred thread posts. Or a few thousand! If you’re not willing to do a little work on your own, then you will probably forever be one of the sheeple.
That doesn’t mean don’t ask questions! I ask PLENTY of questions. Including stupid ones. Last night I asked what the “ultimate question” was referred to by Q1643. Still not entirely clear on that, but I think one of my early guesses about “what is Q” is pretty close. I can occasionally be stupid about some things that seem obvious to others. I’m definitely not trolling!
Hang in there FReeQs! I think we are sooooooo close!
Nicely put.
We do have similar cognitive patterns.
The difference, as I see it, is that you quickly engage both trolls and learners. I just sit bacvk and let you (and others) do it.
Maybe at a later time, I’ll engage but then, having said my “peace”, I go back to cogitating Q.