The United Trolls of ZOT!

December 30, 2004 | Melanie

[cfhBAMA]

The New York Times sets the record straight today (December 30, 2004) on the sorry state of US foreign aid in its lead editorial, Are We Stingy? Yes.

[Texasforever]

How long was it around? I can't find any info on it due to its passing.

About as long as you.

[Republican Wildcat]

I agree his account must have been comprimised. It has been totally uncharacteristic of him since he's been here - the posts he made today. I found his old posts and his profile page on the Google catch. The ZOT was necessary for now to stop the perp. The real guy behind the screen name needs to get back his computer and choose the More Secure log-in to fix whatever is happening.

[axes_of_weezles]

It was a disgusting rehash of a NYT Editorial; he agreed with the premise of the editorial.
His "comments" basically agreed with the editorial. Very much so uninformed, malformed opinion. He was given some time to respond to pings.

If I were to blatantly agree with a NYT editorial there must be something seriously wrong with the NYsLIMES.

If he inadvertantly posted from somewhere else - he had a chance to respond.

His comments upset me. I may have over reacted verbally.
I would not vouch for his post.

[alnick]

So cfhBAMA, how much have YOU contributed, and to which fund? Hmmmmm?

[Republican Wildcat]

There were no comments of his own posted, I don't think. I think there was a link to another site. It doesn't make any difference if someone compromised his account, though, whether comments were made or not.

[Republican Wildcat]

er, that should have been Google cache, not "catch"...good grief, they aren't even pronounced the same.

[stands2reason]

Makes me wonder how many others are among us.........

More than you think you know. :-)

There are about, say, 40 to 60 or so posters that I know for sure aren't trolls. I put stock in what they say. And there's almost as many posters that I know for sure ARE trolls. I like to needle them occasionally just to let them know they've been noticed. The rest of FR I take with a grain of salt.

[SlowBoat407]

[Deetes]

After the UN BS and "other" stories , I have to agree with you.

[axes_of_weezles]

See Post 40. I took a look at the site he took the verbiage from and there were no comments the same as his on the site.

[Republican Wildcat]

Let's try this one more time:

If the account was compromised, then they weren't "his" comments. So how is your argument a refutation of that theory?

[Libertina]

Obama, IS THA YOU?

[stands2reason]

I saw a guy "come out" on an environmental thread that had been posting like a true-blue conservative for nearly a year and a half.

I promise you, you would have never taken him for a troll if you looked at his posting history...until he lost it completely on that thread.

I was surprised that he was a troll, but I wasn't surprised at the subject matter which finally caused him to blow his cover -- those leftists are card-carrying members of the 1st EnvironMENTAList Fundamentalist Church, and they can't handle any blasphemy of their Goddess, Gaia quietly. :-)

[KoRn]

"I like to needle them occasionally just to let them know they've been noticed"

Hehe I know that needled feeling. When I first came around back in September every time I posted something that was a bit against the grain I would get some very inquisitive replies. When you hang in there and discuss your positions you prove yourself. The Trolls and impersonators tend to post and run.

[queenkathy]

Oh WOW, that is just too cool how you do that. And so fast too! I'm truly amazed!!! Ok it's late and that was the highlight of my whole day. OOPS, it's a new day already. Well, that tops the new day too.

[axes_of_weezles]

Someone had to put the comment in - he did not lift it wholesale from another site like the other 3 tonite. He added comment. Violent agreement here, if his posting history is such.

[KoRn]

When you judge someone as "coming out" though it has to be over an extreme incident. I hold some positions on some things that I'm sure a majority here don't agree with, but I don't blow up with it ranting, and just discuss such things in threads with others.

I went to DU once to try the very thing we are discussing and I just couldn't do it. I guess I'm not a good enough actor to become 'one of them' in my leisure to beef up a post count to be come an embedded Troll.

As hard as it is to me to post things I don't believe in, I don't see how those Trolls do it. I know I can't bring myself to do it.

[Republican Wildcat]

If his account was COMPROMISED someone else was using his account, therefore, in such a case, those comments would not have been made by him. Why is that so difficult to understand? I don't know for certain that's what happened, but if that were the case, they weren't his comments.

[506trooper]

His posts today.

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[Republican Wildcat]

How is that evidence his account was not compromised? "How can you say someone else was using his account -- look at what he posted!" That's a ridiculous argument.

Examples of how this is uncharacteristic:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309865/posts#15

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1304384/posts#2

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299950/posts#4

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1284359/posts#7

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308541/posts#6

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308073/posts#20

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1307642/posts#12

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306253/posts#43 (this account is held by a guy, but this post was made by a "Melanie"? Maybe his girlfriend got ahold of the computer?)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308749/posts#16

There are numerous other examples over the months of his posting you can find on a google search, including his cached old http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:2ZcIOKAdB4YJ:209.157.64.200/~cfhbama/+cfhBAMA&hl=en profile page.