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shit in the garden...
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On Trolling
A troll is someone able to bait people by pushing the right buttons, and this is why a bad troll is obvious and inflammatory whilst a good troll is entertaining and effective at causing their opponent to collapse from within because they canât defend or uphold their own hypocrisies and self-deceptions â things which everyone possesses at some points, but most people arenât even aware of their own. Good trolling demands an understanding of what the useful laxative Ayn Rand referred to as the âsense of lifeâ of a person or group she was dealing with.
To those of us with a grasp of other peopleâs sense of life, the phenomenon of trolling isnât just something that exists on teh interwebz, and real life trolling isnât just about Chris Morris or Fred Phelps pulling high-profile pranks for kicks or fame. The Nazis obtained a lot of political influence through their successful IRL trolling â they turned up to bait their opponents, called their bluff, and ceaselessly zeroed in upon their opponentâs hypocrisies and inconsistencies relative to those of the National Socialist movement.
âLetâs get something straight here you mental midget. Dissenters are not automatically trolls. Someone who speaks an unpopular truth is not automatically a troll.â
But if only this were true, because right now truth-speakers are but a fringe lurking at the margins, despite the unguarded hypocrisy of the mainstream left and right making themselves a vulnerable target. Its been so long now since they had a threat such as the NSDAP to worry about that theyâve lost all ability to defend their own vulnerable spots, just as the descendants of mainland fauna that drifted to a predator-free island millions of years ago no longer possess effective defence mechanisms â merely useless threat displays which wonât work on marauders smart enough to realise when thereâs no need to back down.
The world of dissent needs more good trolls, instead of less. Without being too abusive or alienating when youâre dealing with someone, at least not at first, its important to take the passive-aggressive initiative by going onto their own turf and calling their bluff. Donât let them change the subject by throwing red herrings, and keep pushing till they help to undermine their own propaganda. Those who are unable to defend themselves can only perish, and just as with property, life itself is theft, but I donât see anything like enough people waiting where we know âtheyâ are most likely to congregate and (passive-)aggressively attacking whenever we see a weakness.
Think before you troll, and be careful not to alienate potential allies or to scare away youâre targets by in-your-face aggression or rudeness, but smart trolling is an invaluable weapon and the most effective and enjoyable kind of online activism that there is.
source: http://skadhitheravernerblog.wordpress.com/
A troll is someone able to bait people by pushing the right buttons, and this is why a bad troll is obvious and inflammatory whilst a good troll is entertaining and effective at causing their opponent to collapse from within because they canât defend or uphold their own hypocrisies and self-deceptions â things which everyone possesses at some points, but most people arenât even aware of their own. Good trolling demands an understanding of what the useful laxative Ayn Rand referred to as the âsense of lifeâ of a person or group she was dealing with.
To those of us with a grasp of other peopleâs sense of life, the phenomenon of trolling isnât just something that exists on teh interwebz, and real life trolling isnât just about Chris Morris or Fred Phelps pulling high-profile pranks for kicks or fame. The Nazis obtained a lot of political influence through their successful IRL trolling â they turned up to bait their opponents, called their bluff, and ceaselessly zeroed in upon their opponentâs hypocrisies and inconsistencies relative to those of the National Socialist movement.
âLetâs get something straight here you mental midget. Dissenters are not automatically trolls. Someone who speaks an unpopular truth is not automatically a troll.â
But if only this were true, because right now truth-speakers are but a fringe lurking at the margins, despite the unguarded hypocrisy of the mainstream left and right making themselves a vulnerable target. Its been so long now since they had a threat such as the NSDAP to worry about that theyâve lost all ability to defend their own vulnerable spots, just as the descendants of mainland fauna that drifted to a predator-free island millions of years ago no longer possess effective defence mechanisms â merely useless threat displays which wonât work on marauders smart enough to realise when thereâs no need to back down.
The world of dissent needs more good trolls, instead of less. Without being too abusive or alienating when youâre dealing with someone, at least not at first, its important to take the passive-aggressive initiative by going onto their own turf and calling their bluff. Donât let them change the subject by throwing red herrings, and keep pushing till they help to undermine their own propaganda. Those who are unable to defend themselves can only perish, and just as with property, life itself is theft, but I donât see anything like enough people waiting where we know âtheyâ are most likely to congregate and (passive-)aggressively attacking whenever we see a weakness.
Think before you troll, and be careful not to alienate potential allies or to scare away youâre targets by in-your-face aggression or rudeness, but smart trolling is an invaluable weapon and the most effective and enjoyable kind of online activism that there is.
source: http://skadhitheravernerblog.wordpress.com/