The game is to hijack the thread when someone is caught.
The gang comes in and the thread devolves into a back and forth over some minutiae, causing others to lose interest and stop reading.
It's like when liberals talk over a conservative on TV. It's not about making counter arguments, it's about wasting the conservative's time so he can't get his message out.
The gang swarms a dangerous thread so that others get frustrated and leave it before the message can resonate.
-PJ
Yes, I have seen that .. but fortunately, it was on threads where I was not particularly interested in the subject anyway.
Oh yeah, another “political junkie” .. I thought I was the only one ..???