Someone needs to do a thread of "troll tricks". The newest one is: troll one says something like - 'Obama did "such and such" and Bush never would have done that' - then when a few marks have climbed on - the second troll says, "Oh that WAS Bush who did that". It's a one two punch...
I have a list of “troll signs.”
Be suspicious of anyone who:
- Repeatedly misspells words, and/or constantly uses poor grammar.
- Claims to have been in prison.
- Claims to be a former or current drug addict and/or alcoholic. These are all things designed to make us look like a bunch of thugs and criminals.
- Tries to incite violence.
- Has “88” as part of their screen name. “88” is neo-Nazi code for “Heil Hitler” (H being the 8th letter of the alphabet). This generally indicates a white supremacist Stormfront troll, or a DU/Kos troll pretending to be a white supremacist.
- Talks a lot about how much they “hate” Obama, Democrats, etc. Liberal trolls wrongly believe that conservatives are all about hate, therefore, when they pretend to be us, they’ll constantly talk about hate. Because we really aren’t about hate, the trolls will stand out like turds on snow.
- Refers to FReepers as “you people” or “you guys.” This shows that the poster does not see himself as one of us.
- Uses debunked myths as part of an argument.
- Refers to every Republican, even conservatives like Fred Thompson or Sarah Palin, as a RINO. That way, they can pretend to criticize Republicans from the right while they’re really attacking them from the left.