I’m Special!

I am now officially a troll. Or is that a heckler?

We’ve only banned three people for repeated comments policy violations and deliberate troll-like heckling behavior. You were one –

I feel so important. If that’s what you get for stating a reasonable opinion in response to unwarranted slurs and hyberbolic rantings I’ll take it, and happily. This means I am at the vanguard of new internet-speak. Yes folks: despite the long-held and accepted definition of “troll” on the internet, I am one of the first people to accomplish the mysterious feat of becoming a troll – without displaying any behaviour symptomatic of such – and a heckler. D’ya think the person who granted me this honour is a tad indecisive? Maybe they were just hedging their bets? ;)

I was also granted this accolade in the citation:

I know from experience that a conversation with you is pointless.

Translated:

I know from experience that I’m not going to score any points trying to argue this hopeless cause with you because you have independently reached your own, perfectly reasonable and rational opinion and are not going to be swayed by my delusional, obfuscatory & disingenuous twaddle.

Yet again, OT put their “argument” forward and, yet again, not a single person spoke up to agree with them. D’ya think they’ll take the hint? Or, if it wasn’t dark, would I be able to see flying pigs outside?

by Gill

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March 26, 2008 - 5:15 pm

Ken - You are a member of a very elite group now. I guess this officially makes you a “stooge”. :-)

Their latest post is a regurgitation of those arguments, with more personal attacks and ridiculous statements. I think they just like the terms troll, heckler, sock puppet, hypocrite, etc. without really understanding what they mean and how they apply and rush to use them in their posts.

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