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VANITY: Troll Hunting Season
11.15.2010 | Me, myself, and I

Posted on 11/15/2010 2:36:11 PM PST by Third Person

I know, I know, another vanity, but...

I've been lurking here since '03, [and signed up in '08] and I can't remember another time when so many trolls were on FR.

Am I off here, or or is FR directly over the target?

BTW MOD, DON'T ZOT ME!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: sionnsar; troll; vanity; zot
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To: Artemis Webb
Something or someone set JimRob off and he zotted at least five and he “spoke in harsh terms” to quite a few more.

Could you please honor us with a link? Obviously, I missed the pest control thread...

21 posted on 11/15/2010 2:48:51 PM PST by Publius6961 ("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
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To: paulycy

Nice kitty, nice kitty...


22 posted on 11/15/2010 2:48:58 PM PST by Third Person (Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.)
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To: Third Person
The 2012 election is on. Many members who seldom post will become active in response to the kamakazi-Dale Jr-Howard Stern-Ron Paul-like blind loyalty rants. Some will consider keeping the name calling down lest they get branded as Palin cultists.
23 posted on 11/15/2010 2:49:16 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: stockpirate; RobRoy
1) The vast majority of "mormon" threads are posted by a couple of individuals who have taken upon themselves the mission of opposing "mormonism". If the large number of "mormon" threads here bothers you, your beef is not with the "mormons".

2) Rob we have Catholic priests that post ... Awwwww.... guess what, Sparky? They're citizens of these United States, same as you. Live with it. Guess what else, Sunshine? We have Protestant ministers that post and "monitor" threads here, too. I notice you fail to mention them. Perhaps your ire is a little ... lopsided?

3) Again, nobody has a gun to your head, forcing you to read any particular thread.

24 posted on 11/15/2010 2:49:29 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Third Person

It is nice to get insulted once in a while because I am from NYC and people i know now are too damn nice all the time.


25 posted on 11/15/2010 2:50:02 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Artemis Webb

I miss all the fun...”sigh”


26 posted on 11/15/2010 2:50:13 PM PST by ladyvet (I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: stockpirate

Yeah, the Mormon ones seemed to die out. I think the fact that there are so many of us anti-mormons that are well versed in the tenets of their organization vs Christianity that they tend to back off now.

My wife is ex-catholic. We both have pretty strong feelings and beliefs on that group as well but we don’t go quite as far as to call it “non-Christian”. My mother in law in the Chicago area is sure proud of their new church building though. It’s really huge, considering it would probably only hold maybe a thousand in the congregation, if that.

On a side note, I went there with them once for mass, and as everyone was leaving the church, I was wondering around examining all the fixtures and I went up on the front page and was examining and touching everything. My wife’s family was beside themselves, I later learned. Apparently you don’t do that.

In the protestant churches I have attended, the whole place is just a building. Nothing is off limits, except private offices, when the doors are closed.

Oh, and women are not allowed in the men’s room, and vice versa.


27 posted on 11/15/2010 2:50:29 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Artemis Webb

“Actually a lot of them lost their license to drive last night.”

Care to share some details.


28 posted on 11/15/2010 2:50:50 PM PST by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: Publius6961

What is actually meant by “trolls” anyway? Is it the guys pimping blogs?


29 posted on 11/15/2010 2:52:24 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Third Person

Tase him, Bro.


30 posted on 11/15/2010 2:52:39 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: AFreeBird

“Anyone of note get the ZOT?”


Apparently it’s still going on. You can go here: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:jimrobinson/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change

and just start reading.


31 posted on 11/15/2010 2:53:18 PM PST by Artemis Webb (I support Nancy Pelosi for Minority Leader!!!)
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To: Publius6961

What is actually meant by “trolls” anyway? Is it the guys pimping blogs?

There is a reason I ask. On freerepublic, one is generally expected to create a thread by posting some interesting article, as opposed to creating a vanity. Yet at other sites, the former activity is LITERALLY called trolling.


32 posted on 11/15/2010 2:53:27 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: ArrogantBustard
posted by a couple of individuals who have taken upon themselves the mission of opposing "mormonism"

That's interesting to know. I wondered why the mormons here were so cranky. My experince growing up in a 40% mormon community was very positive indeed. There didn't appear to be a lot of infighting, at least to us outside the mormon church.

33 posted on 11/15/2010 2:53:27 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality. Save America From Bankruptcy.)
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To: RobRoy
we don’t go quite as far as to call it “non-Christian”

Wow ... how generous of you ...

34 posted on 11/15/2010 2:53:37 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Publius6961
Could you please honor us with a link? Obviously, I missed the pest control thread..

See post 17. The attempted co-opting of the Tea Party [planted by Politico this week] by the Log Cabin Republicans and the so-called "fiscal" conservatives set it off.

It's time to weed out the sissies!

35 posted on 11/15/2010 2:54:09 PM PST by Third Person (Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.)
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To: Publius6961

There’s action here too:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2627400/posts?page=146

Tea Party Activists Tell Republicans to Avoid Abortion


36 posted on 11/15/2010 2:54:51 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.CSLewis)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Hey ab, I also get to voice my thoughts here too, in case you missed that email.

And the Catholic theads wouldn’t be so bad except for the idiots that believe it is the one true and only church.


37 posted on 11/15/2010 2:55:22 PM PST by stockpirate ("......When the government fears the people you have liberty." Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Third Person

There certainly is a lot of flak on many threads. Not sure it’s trolls. Could be we are all exhausted, apprehensive and not sure where to pick our next fight, so we practice on each other.

It’s good to see Lurkers become Newbies and sad to lose old FRiends over carelessness and temper tantrums. I try to avoid trash typing - coming and going.

IMHO there are fewer responses on threads than a few years ago and I still miss the ‘views’. Hard to judge how much interest certain threads are generating. Not all FReepers post opinions if someone has already made a cogent comment.

Think I’ll fix supper now;)


38 posted on 11/15/2010 2:56:01 PM PST by sodpoodle (Despair; man's surrender. Laughter; God 's redemption.)
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To: RobRoy
"What is actually meant by “trolls” anyway? Is it the guys pimping blogs?"

No. Bloggers can post on the bloggers forum. JimRobs problem seems to be with social liberals/libertarians. The whole issue of gay rights seems to be at the core but that's just a guess from some of the things he's said.

39 posted on 11/15/2010 2:56:06 PM PST by Artemis Webb (I support Nancy Pelosi for Minority Leader!!!)
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To: RobRoy

From Wikipedia-

In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional responseor of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.


40 posted on 11/15/2010 2:56:21 PM PST by John W (Natural-born US citizen since 1955)
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