Agent Provocateurs - The Trolls Among Us

[torchbearer]

Agreed, a this board went to a whole lot of nonsense almost immediately after the 16th. Almost as if someone flipped on a 'switch' so to say. I'll be spending less time participating here and continuing my support in the real world

It also happened after Nov. 5th too, that is why there is always suspension around new people who are making inflammatory remarks...
It's not because the older members are any better... its because of provocateurs.

 

[jenninlouisiana]

Or do you mean Nefarious Sabototeurs? (lol... Tucker said that in regard to the pepper-spray pageant event).

Yeah, it was very trolly around here today.

 

[LibertyOfOne]

Anyone who advocates any form of violence should be assumed to be an AP and must be banned immediately with a full account wipe.

 

[N13]

Paranoia runs deep, into your hearts it will creep...

Hey children what's the sound, everybody look what's going down...

 

[ourlongroad]

As I said previously, it's not the forum trolls we should worry ourselves with.

It's the "trolls" joining the meetup groups, or these fringe groups trying to attach themselves to the campaign.

Yes, and it is the leaders of these fringe groups who are the most likely
to be the false actors. Read "Snakes in Suits" for an understanding
of how people like this work and perhaps how to help identify them.

Here's one reader's comment about the book at Amazon:

If you've ever watched in horror while a charming BS artist methodically tore the guts out of your group, your division, your company (... or your country for that matter) and wondered how on earth they managed to pull it off in broad daylight, this book will help you solve the mystery.

There really are human snakes among us and Babiak and Hare explain in detail what motivates them, how they operate, how to recognize them and, most important, how to neutralize their poisonous effects before it's too late.

No one ever said life was going to be a rose garden and there's a whole breed of individual whose sole function in life seems to be to insure it's not for the rest of us.

Just read the headlines. It's an epidemic: Enron, WorldCom, and their close cousins the neo-cons etc.

When the student is ready, the teachers appear. It looks like it's finally time for our society to recognize these people for what they are, acknowledge that they're not going away and deal with them with something other than wishful thinking and denial.

This book is bad news for the charismatic white collar criminal class. It's about time.

 

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

nt

 

[Bilgefisher]

Here's an idea, quit bloody bumping the troll posts. They fall past the first page in minutes without bumps.

 

[LibertyForAll]

Help keep this bumped up so new people to the forum recognize this. And don't respond to troll posts. Period.

 

[hawks4ronpaul]

There is ongoing LGF activity.


http://hawks4ronpaul.blogspot.com/

 

[wildflower]

Yep, I was just going to say - there seem to be a lot of trolls posting crap, don't bump those threads - they want us to focus on the negative and keep us on the defense. Man, he must be doing well because all a lot of people have been in full attack mode lately, and there are people who will play dirty tricks to try to discredit Dr. Paul.

 

[DirtMcGirt]

i agree and watch to see how many posts people have made when there is suspicious info

 

[DirtMcGirt]

bump

 

[pacelli]

This raises an interesting question about free speech. At what point do we stop respecting another person's right to express himself? We may not agree with what "trolls" say, but at what point do we have the right to censor them?

We always respect someone's right to speak, but sometimes the best way to counter a disagreeable opinion is to simply ignore it. This way the thread is not inadvertently bumped & receives more attention than it deserves.

I am dismayed by the report from Heather in WI (i think that is your name) regarding the meetup group sabotage. This is more troubling in my view, because it translates to ground operations.

 

[LibertyForAll]

Be alert..

 

[Ron Paul Fan]

Let me remind everybody again that we are well defending against all enemies FOREIGN. We should be much more careful about defending against all enemies DOMESTIC.

 

[kaleidoscope eyes]

blimp bump

 

[Gaius1981]

It's most likely some of the people from the Conservative Underground forums. They were provoced by the amount of Paul supporters who came there, and seemed like a very hateful lot.

 

[torchbearer]

It's most likely some of the people from the Conservative Underground forums. They were provoced by the amount of Paul supporters who came there, and seemed like a very hateful lot.

so are the freepers, red staters, and hucksarmy...diggers.... wonktards...etc.
Lot of ignorant people on the net... believe it or not. We still outnumber all of them.

 

[seapilot]

Dont respond to questionable posts, just rate them as bad or terrible, report them if they are completely obvious and move along. Most unpopular threads here are buried in a couple of minutes.