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Yes. I need to redefine my definition of trolling. I am too tolerant, and could be accused of it myself if my definition so far off. A learning experience
by worik 4y ago
Yes.
I need to redefine my definition of trolling.
I am too tolerant, and could be accused of it myself if my definition so far off.
A learning experience
- kragen 4y agoI think they were just doing a very good job of trolling, and they caught you. I was pretty unsure at first, too, because the exaggeration of sincere (but misguided) rhetoric was pretty subtle. In this case I don't think our interlocutor is trolling; they're just throwing out words and phrases they think are applause lights without much regard to what they actually mean, with the intent of sincerely signaling their emotions—political sloganeering as a prophylactic against rational thought. It can look like trolling because, as in trolling, the person is saying things that are false and even self-contradictory, and isn't concerned about this; but the motivation is different. Unfortunately my comment upthread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32064946 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32064946 seems to have gotten flagged by the sort of people who prefer political sloganeering to careful rational deconstruction of political sloganeering; perhaps if you think it's a useful contribution to the discussion you could "vouch" it?