[jeffersondem]

“Now I sincerely apologize for saying you aren't that stupid.” “You and Michelle Obama - never missing an opportunity to slander American patriots.” “jeffersondem’s is a blatant example, but DiogenesLamp does similar— never learns, never corrects himself, regardless of how wrong.
jmacusa reports he has some mental defect . . .”

Supposed in-group members influencing each other to arrive at common out-group stereotype.

Professionals say it is combative messaging designed to disqualify opponents.

Grandma said it was name calling.

[DiogenesLamp]

Supposed in-group members influencing each other to arrive at common out-group stereotype.

Also called "group think." Yes, very astute, and well put. Not many people are even aware of this phenomena. The Nazis called it "Gleichschaltung" and imposed it on everyone else.

The Northern publishers of History books, Northern Society, and the US government itself, has worked to do this very thing on the populace ever since they did what they did.

They are still doing this sort of thing today if you don't have their liberal morality opinions on issues of homosexuality, abortion, or even the free spending of Federal money. Maligning dissenters as kooks or calling them irrational has a long record in human history.

Professionals say it is combative messaging designed to disqualify opponents.

It is in fact part of a "meme war."

Grandma said it was name calling.

Simplified right down to the core.

[jmacusa]

Hey smart guy, by his own admission Diogenes says he has Aspergers Syndrome. Look it up and what it is. I'm beginning to think you suffer from it too.

[BroJoeK]

jeffersondem: "Supposed in-group members influencing each other to arrive at common out-group stereotype.
Professionals say it is combative messaging designed to disqualify opponents."

rockrr: "Oh, I should also mention that trolls are big on virtue signaling."

I noticed last time when jeffersondem got his panties all twisted over alleged "virtue signaling", which I never heard of until recently, still don't know what it is, or why supposedly a bad thing.
This time he leaves off the name, but gives us a fancy definition.

And before we go further, let's notice that of the many real historical issues jeffersondem might have responded to, this is the one, an apparent sociological non-issue, he chose.

So what is "virtue signaling" and is it a bad thing?
Well, in the military they use codes call "I.F.F." -- Identify Friend or Foe.
From simple pass words (challenge: "Halt! Who goes there, Davy" response: "Crockett, it's me Charlie") to sophisticated radio codes between aircraft, they all say basically the same thing: "don't shoot, I'm your friend".
Now in wide-ranging internet debates over many subjects from different perspectives it can get hard to tell whose opinions we support, and whose we don't.
So, some IFF might be necessary just to prevent debate friendly fire "fratricide".

But of course debate-fratricide is exactly what jeffersondem desires foremost.
Indeed, you may have noticed that jeffersondem is never in his glory so much as when he can quote supposedly opposing opinions of his opponents and say, in effect: you two fight it out.
Now, if debate-fratricide is your goal, then of course, IFF is your enemy.
So, we can well imagine: "I know, let's give it a name that people will naturally shy away from, let's call it 'virtue signaling' and we'll accuse people of it until they quiver and shake with fear, stop doing it and aim their rhetorical guns at each other.
Yeah! 'virtue signaling', that's the ticket!"

Bottom line: I still don't know what "troll" means and so far "virtue signaling" seems to mean, despite jeffersondem's fancy definition, basically little more than IFF.

You disagree?