These are what I call “Google trolls”. An obscure comment in a Freerepublic thread will pop up in a search for certain keywords, maybe “Alexandar Hamilton” in this case. The thread may be years old, the troll sees this comment, wets their pants and signs on to the forum in a huff, then will post in that thread or pm whoever offended them.
It’s usually the standard “racist, sexist homophobic” tripe in their posts and then they will be zotted or never show up again.
Yep. That happened to me a while back.
I think you’re right.....and you’ve probably solved my personal curiosity of why sometimes a years-old obscure thread will reappear, having been bumped by a “signed up today” newb.