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NY Post: Donald Trump Will Troll His Way To Victory
Breitbart.com ^ | May 9,2016 | Breitbart News

Posted on 05/09/2016 5:35:09 AM PDT by Biggirl

From the New York Post: In Internet parlance, a troll is a malevolent mischief-maker, a commenter who says something politically incorrect, then sits back and enjoys the resulting furor — sometimes even fanning the flames under multiple contradictory identities.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: gop; nypost; trump
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1 posted on 05/09/2016 5:35:09 AM PDT by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl
In Internet parlance, a troll is a malevolent mischief-maker, a commenter who says something politically incorrect, then sits back and enjoys the resulting furor — sometimes even fanning the flames under multiple contradictory identities.

On FR, "troll" seems to mean any unfamiliar poster that disagrees with another poster.

I feel confident that while each FReeper may have his/her own mental image of an ugly hunchbacked troll springing from hiding and attacking someone, not many here really know how to discern a FR troll OR are willing to check one's posting history before slinging the noun as an epithet.
2 posted on 05/09/2016 5:45:16 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Biggirl

Whatever it takes. No Hillary is the goal.


3 posted on 05/09/2016 5:45:44 AM PDT by refermech
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To: Biggirl

By any means necessary , it shall come to pass, and its going to be good.


4 posted on 05/09/2016 5:46:02 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (Y)
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To: Biggirl

I guess the little child who declared that the Emperor had no clothes was a troll. We need many more of them.


5 posted on 05/09/2016 5:51:46 AM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Lex rex)
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To: Biggirl

To paraphrase the Billy Joel hit (and modify it some) “He didn’t start the fire”

Our entire government did: with their lies, deceit, treachery, self-aggrandizing, ideological oppression, and general all-round dishonesty.

Donald Trump is just the “kitchen lights being turned on.”

And all the cockroaches scatter.


6 posted on 05/09/2016 5:52:17 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Zenjitsuman
America must change course or be destroyed from within.

Most Americans (and the rest of the planet) know that Obama is the worst US President ever. Why just a few days ago the Russians mockingly just created a new ice cream called the “Obamka” or LITTLE Obama. Can it get more humiliating than that?
Putin and Mother Russia want Trump in the White House so they can get back to playing a serious game of 3D Chess with an adversary.
They are sick and tired of trying to play Chess while Obama has played Checkers.They respect an American leader who leads and commands respect. Obamka does not and everybody knows it.
Hopefully Trump and his supporters will play a wise game and eliminate Hilliary as soon as possible thus paving the way for an America the planet can respect, and fear.

7 posted on 05/09/2016 5:55:15 AM PDT by Netz
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To: Resettozero

You may be interested to learn that the word “troll” entered the online lexicon as a verb, not a noun. “Trolling” is an act similar to that of a fisherman pulling a trinket at a low speed behind his bass boat, waiting for a gullible virtue-signaller to take the bait. Seriously, you could look it up. It was the much wider English speaking community which has now affixed the on-line term to bridge dwellers.


8 posted on 05/09/2016 5:57:12 AM PDT by Company Man (The more you know)
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The GOPe and the leftist ‘rats are just peeved that THEIR trolling against Trump since last June until now has totally fizzled.


9 posted on 05/09/2016 5:57:35 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Resettozero
> mental image of an ugly hunchbacked troll springing from hiding and attacking someone... before slinging the noun as an epithet.

You mistook the essential meaning of an internet "troll". The internet use of "troll" has to do with the VERB ("to troll" for replies), not the creature. It's from FISHING -- throwing a tempting lure on a line into the water and moving about slowly, waiting for someone to bite.

I.e. throwing a controversial or contrary comment into a thread and waiting for someone to comment about it and start a food fight.

-That-, FRiend, is a troll.

And in that sense, much as I support Trump in this race, the descriptor actually is fairly accurate in some respects. He throws comments out to get a reaction. It's brilliant, but I understand how some folks find it annoying.

10 posted on 05/09/2016 5:57:46 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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You mistook the essential meaning of an internet "troll".

Others here mainly use the noun "troll" as an epithet and not in the manner of someone trolling for a fish bite to "start a food fight".

My point is: each FReeper has his own definition of a FR troll, just as you do.
11 posted on 05/09/2016 6:03:54 AM PDT by Resettozero
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The people are picking the nominee....not the party. Makes me livid when a twerp like Ryan says....well, I haven’t decided to support him. He’s the peoples choice!!


12 posted on 05/09/2016 6:06:00 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Company Man
Seriously, you could look it up.

Please see my response to a similar post in my post #11.
13 posted on 05/09/2016 6:06:25 AM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Biggirl

Anyone that has fished for walleyes....knows what trolling is.


14 posted on 05/09/2016 6:07:27 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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The best way to troll is to have a very logically worked out argument about something, and then make a statement that sounds extremely controversial (but can be backed up by the logically worked out argument), and wait a while, while the comment war rages.

Then you come out with the logically worked out argument.


15 posted on 05/09/2016 6:08:24 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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To: Gaffer
To paraphrase the Billy Joel hit (and modify it some) “He didn’t start the fire”

Someone with a lot of patience could rewrite the whole song and end up with something good.

16 posted on 05/09/2016 6:08:44 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: baltimorepoet

Say, that’s a darn good description of what Trump has been doing. I wonder what was the logic-based reason for having a pic of Marla in a bikini hidden in that Cinco de Mayo day tweet. The nevertrumps all got sidetracked by which restaurant it was (as if that mattered).


17 posted on 05/09/2016 6:14:46 AM PDT by Company Man (Trump towers.)
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To: Pollster1

I suspect that a proper lyrical rendition would include all the traitorous RINOs and GOPe scumbags we’ve had to endure. Probably a lot of cursing too.


18 posted on 05/09/2016 6:15:35 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Biggirl

Oh my, oh my!

Panties are in a wad all over the establishment.

If only republican voters had been smart enough to elect a skinny, half-black, dope-smoking, homosexual, American-hating, muslim communist
as their nominee the Post wouldn’t be so upset.


19 posted on 05/09/2016 6:17:40 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Islam is Islam. Democracy is the train we ride to our ultimate victory. (Recep Erdogan))
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To: Gaffer

Excellent description.


20 posted on 05/09/2016 6:21:06 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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