There are also the “arbiter trolls”. Those who take it as their duty to determine who is actually concerned from those who only pretend to be concerned. A quick way to confirm is to see if they are members of the condo association board of directors or members of the PTA.
Instead of being concerned about trolls send
CASH donations to every republican candidate who is
either behind or in toss up situations.
but the American People...blah...blah...blah
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"Now you’ve arrived, and you are already beginning to sense some of the items you might select to make trouble over. You will find that if you judiciously leak out some of your dissatisfactions, some people will come to you and express theirs to you. After all, you are cutting a “most holy” image. Where the church is “extreme ,“ you counsel “moderation. ” Where the church is “compromised,“ you advocate “faithfulness .“ Where the church is “harsh, ” you advocate a “loving spirit .“ Where the church is “too tolerant and longsuffering,” you advocate a “firmer hand.“ You will find people who want to hear just this kind of talk. Keep them in mind for the future........Now, it is important, once you have your own church going, that you “extend the right hand of fellowship” and offer “fraternal relations” to the church you just shafted. If they refuse, it makes them look bad; if they accept, you don’t lose anything. If they refuse close relations with you, then it proves what you said all along, that they are “unloving.”"
-- from the thread The Effective Church Splitter's Guide
Says he that posted the blatant lie thread yesterday that claimed Rove was on Hannity ranting about COD. Who is the real troll?
It's interesting, because I have seen people unfairly attacked for making legitimate points about a given subject by someone who clearly objected to the criticism in and of itself - without considering its merits.
Through open discussion: hidden agendas, motivations and depth of commitment to a person or proposition are often revealed in time. The problem comes about when emotion and passion begin to dominate a discussion, and some subjects just seem to lend themselves to polarized, emotional responses (oh, say... Sarah Palin, for example). And that concerns me... (heh heh)
So is anyone who expresses misgivings over an issue to be considered a “concern troll?” That would seem to limit FR’s function to that of an Amen Chorus rather than a freewheeling political marketplace.
On DU one can easily stir up a hornet's nest over whether the Obama administration has “thrown under the bus” GLBT issues people, environmentalists or the ‘financial reform’ process. Even the RKBA has the potential to inflame debate as there are plenty of otherwise ‘liberal’ posters who are hunters, ex military and otherwise opposed to ‘gun grabbers’ these being separate from the mere”purist” vs Pragmatist” general strain of argumentation that plays out on every political board.
On FR it really DOES sadden and concern me to see discord between Catholics, Mormons and Evangelical Protestants and even other/non believers who otherwise are on board with an agenda of fiscal conservatism and adherence to constitutional principles- when *ALL* should be fighting the socialism, incompetence and general moral turpitude of Democrats, RINOs and their ilk. The ‘culture clashes’ between the moralists and the libertarian strands of conservatism are no where nearly as acrimonious; I am working on a vanity that actually argues that a good bit of the ability of the conservative movement's ability to periodically revitalize itself is derived from the ‘genetic diversity’ of the disparate approaches to liberty, but that's another post.
Observe who throws the ‘hand grenade’, for those who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind.
I’m concerned that trolls get no respect
Trolls are people, too!
oh, wait a minute......
You know, I’m kinda worried that this post might harm Republican chances in November...
Your opinions concern me.
I did just that, and discovered a thread at the Democrat Underground site on that very subject. I am concerned that FReeper moles are disrupting their discussions and causing angst amongst their members. We need to stop doing that.
I wasn’t involved in any O’Donnell threads, but the fact that we are discribing “concern trolls” concerns me.
If you disagree, argue.
There is a “free” in Freerepublic.
If your position is so weak that you can’t support it, you are a liberal by definition.
Stones! Have stones. Know your sh**. Don’t name-call because your Bambi gets shot.
Let’s just cut to the chase. This thread is mostly about Sarah Palin (and, more recently, Christine O’Donnell).
There are no doubt real Concern Trolls on FR when it comes to Sarah. At some point it does become obvious. They seek out pro-Palin threads to inect their “concerns”.
There are also those who legitimately believe Sarah is not the best choice for POTUS. These people are often flamed by the Palin-Mob (it’s just as real as Concern Trolls are).
I am proof that one can both support Sarah Palin, and also criticize her when she makes mistakes.
Calling everyone who disagrees “troll” is lazy, like a leftist calling everything racist. Leave that crap to DU.
