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[Mirimir]

On 09/02/2016 10:19 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 09:23:58PM -0600, Mirimir wrote:
>>
>> Hey, Juan is just the top troll here. Even if he honestly doesn't
>> realize it. And it's hard to resist arguing with skillful trolls.
> 
> Two humans regularly publicly and skillfully (or otherwise) abusing each
> other with words, I guess can be named trolling. At least, that part of
> the "conversation". As entertaining as some might find it .. :)

No, that's just arguing. What distinguishes trolling is picking fights
to disrupt a community. Juan, for example, is very clever, and skilled
at rhetoric. He consistently dances away, turning the argument away from
any possible resolution.

> Is that "conversation" which sidetracks debate on political philosophy
> with straw men, fascist statism dressed up as 'collective self
> responsibility' and outright misunderstanding (to be generous) or
> misconstruing (to be less generous) of terms used (such as 'individual
> sovereignty) using false dichotomies and raising of irrelevancies, could
> this type of "communication" be considered a more significant, perhaps
> even more sinister, type of trolling?

Well, trolling does tend to generate counter trolling ;)

> Just wondering...

;)