[Brad’s Gramma]

A troll has proven him or herself to BE a troll by posting a rather goofy thread and NOT coming back to defend his or her actions.

[Viking2002]

Trolls inhabit the Demonic Underground, and address each other as "Hey, DUmmy!" :-)

[DoctorMichael]

omnix
Since Feb 15, 2004

Somebody piss in your Wheaties, sugarplum?

[Buffalo Head]

Some of the folks that use FR as a chat room have accused me of something or another when I ask the purpose of their post or question why they pollute a serious thread with inane comments meant to be humorous.

If a post doesn't ".... work to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America." it doesn't belong here, IMHO.

My concern has nothing to do with "freedom of speech", it simply relates to common courtesy and sticking to the purpose of the FR.

[Billthedrill]

If you're going to accuse people of being a Troll Patrol you really ought to name them. This isn't the USSR or Nazi Germany in the 40's, you know.

[Pompah]

Not sure that I follow what you're trying to say about "Trolls". But I know "Trolling" when I see it.

[Incorrigible]

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[Stewart_B]

What is a Troll???? I was taught as a young child that a troll is a hideous creature that live under a bridge that wants to harm children....

Yep......that about sums it up

[international american]

"I would like to say to the Troll Patrol that this in not the old USSR or Nazi Germany in the 40's. "

You set yourself up with the Nazi analogy. Drop that crap or I will not defend you, I will summon the viking kit-tays:)

[shaggy eel]

,,, yep, a troll is a hideous creature. Damn right!

[CIB-173RDABN]

On the chance that you are serious, someone else has already gone to a dictionary and posted several meanings to the word "troll".

The correct meaning on forums like this is:

"...to fish by trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat."

The point is, trolls will visit a forum like this, and make some wild statement, just to see if he (or she) can get the members to take the "bait". Their purpose is not to enter into any discussion, but to see how disruptive they can be.

Word of advice, if you are a troll, don't feed the animals, they eat trolls for snacks.

[hope]

A troll is someone who signs on and the first day of joining decides to post ridiculous vanities with all kinds of accusations then up and leaves without responding to other's who were brought into their little vanity thread....Kind of a silly way to satisfy ones jollies, don't ya think?

[joesnuffy]

If your a Yooper...you know what a troll is...and where they live....

[Delphinium]

I think a troll on FR would be a poster who comes into most discussions wanting to argue with almost all, to the left side.

I have watched one particular freeper do this on several different threads, several different subjects.

I can't figure out whether she is a troll, or having personal problems?

[joesnuffy]

A troll yells fire in a crowded movie house
A humorist yells movie in a crowded fire house

[mr.sarcastic]

You may or may not be a troll, but you've been here less than a week and you've posted 3 vanities already. Do you think you own the place? Have some courtesy buddy.

[dts32041]

OK I looked thru 155 posts and no picture of Helen Thomas, you know the rules talking about trolls Helen Thomas has to be posted.

[davisfh]

A lot of brutality on this thread. I like it.

Sort of resembles what Michael Savege calls "psychological nudity."

[piasa]

What is a Troll???? I was taught as a young child that a troll is a hideous creature that live under a bridge that wants to harm children.

As a child, I understood that there is no such thing as a troll, much less trolls that live under bridges. I knew that people generally build bridges to get over obstacles, and that liberals use the emotional appeal of children to promote bogus causes that stripped my parents hard-earned dollars from their paychecks, and that liberals most often used fairy tales to instill fear in their base to make this theft possible.

Apparently, there are a few subscribers to Free Republic that consider themselves the Troll Patrol. Some authors of Posts to the Free Republic website are accused of being "Trolls".

No doubt. Would you prefer another term? The term may have to do with the nature of the post- often a predictable and memorized leftwing talking point unsupported by fact- just like fairy tales about trolls. Trolls also have a habit of hit-and-run posting- they post, but then don't return to respond to others' arguments.

These people, whom call themselves the Troll Patrol,

This is the first I've ever heard of the term. Can you name names?

are trying to intimidate Americans who are wanting to express their thoughts and concerns to keep their thoughts to themsleves.

I doubt that, given that trolls tend to produce material which isn't exactly original- in other words, it's the same old garbage spewed over and over and over in the hopes that people will tire of posting replies to it, and so, leave it be as a sort of unanswered propaganda poster posted free on FreeRepublic's- meaning JimRob's- server.

This is an attempt to enforce censorship

Nonsense- FreeRepublic is not a government, nor does it have the power or ability to censor anyone. Any person who gets zotted here can go start their own web forum, or find one more suitable where they will be welcomed. Since FreeRepublic cannot prevent anyone from doing just that, obviously it cannot do harm to anyone's ability to express themselves.

or pressure someone not to express themselves.

Do you or do you not acknowledge the right of a person to determine who enters their home? FreeRepublic is not some government-funded entity, it is private property. The owner has every right to determine who posts here, how often, when, or what he will allow them to post on his property.

When you start your own website, you can make your own rules, just as you do in your own home.

I would like to say to the Troll Patrol that this in not the old USSR or Nazi Germany in the 40's.

I think they are already more aware of that than you- this is not 1940s Germany and not the USSR- this website is not state-run or communal property as some trolls apparently think it is.

This is the United States of America and we do have freedom of speech in this country.

This is the USA, that's true enough. And so, your fellow Americans do NOT have to provide you with the means, such as a special forum for you to exercise your free speech.

[deport]

Apparently, there are a few subscribers to Free Republic that consider themselves the Troll Patrol.

Who would these people be? You accuse but offer no proof or identify the perps....

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I would like to say to the Troll Patrol that this in not the old USSR or Nazi Germany in the 40's. This is the United States of America and we do have freedom of speech in this country.

But more importantly this is the private property of one Jim Robinson.... So it's really his called as to whom he chooses to allow into his house.... don'tcha think....