Peer-reviewed scientific paper: Internet Trolls are Narcissistic, Machiavellian, psychopathic, and sadistic
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I posted late one night - apparently there wasn't a lot of traffic and my posts got buried under the next day's rush.
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."
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Of COURSE it's subjective - first damn thing about being human is free will, which leads to a viewpoint not necessarily shared by others, but there's still wiggle room on absolutes, cause some principles really do seem universal due to being necessary survival traits - as to which and why, that does seem a matter of some debate.
And as for the inevitable Godwin situation, well... Nazis are the perfect go-to villain, the faction NOBODY likes, at least publicly(1), with so few, if any redeeming qualities that they're a useful example of what-not-to-do.
That's not to say there haven't been worse societies and political factions, just that they're the easiest straw to grasp when you need a bad example - and I'll have more to say on that in a seperate thread.
-Frem
(1) - Cause we all know there's a faction or two even here that secretly idolizes them vile fuckers. (See Also: Victoria Nuland)
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I sometimes have the disturbing feeling that it's me and one other poster with multiple personalities on this site.
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Additional post/topic is gonna hafta wait - stuff goin down at Site Six which requires a bit of attention...
In the meantime, if you want a T-shirt, try this one.
Alas for the glory days, before I wound up a cyborg mostly dependant on a wheelchair and a mobility scooter, argh argh argh.
-F
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Quote:The multiple studies of the authoritarian personality explain so much about trolls. Yes, the research shows they are very aggressive, but why are they so hostile? Yes, experiments show they are almost totally uninfluenced by reasoning and evidence, but why are they so dogmatic? Yes, studies show they are hypocrites, but why are they two-faced, and how come one face never notices the other?
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
I sometimes have the disturbing feeling that it's me and one other poster with multiple personalities on this site.
There is a short & free book summarizing that research. I think you’ll find Bob Altemeyer's The Authoritarians “explains a lot.” Here is a link to the book. http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
A review of The Authoritarians is at
http://jonathanturley.org/2012/01/21/the-authoritarians-a-book-review-
and-book/
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I have multiple personalities - and under one name! Why use a sockpuppet when you can keep 'em guessing about which one will show up? Eh, but I'm learning that if I'm tired, in pain, out of gas and short-tempered - pissing and cranking doesn't help.
Quote:
Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
I sometimes have the disturbing feeling that it's me and one other poster with multiple personalities on this site.
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."
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Quote Magonsdaughter: "... disturbing feeling that it's me and one other poster
with multiple personalities on this site."
I said the same thing in Stephen A Smith thread.
Shouldn't there be a sockpuppets thread to clear the air about this?
Or to create more confusion? 'Cause this thread is for Trolls ... er,
the discussion of them.
... oooOO}{OOooo ...
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small
minds discuss people. ... Tiny minds just bait and troll.
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I always thought, Trolling is a fishing term: You bait your line,
probably with multiple hooks, and drag it behind your boat. When
you get a bite or two, you reel in the line and take the fish.
I've been thinking it was just that. Trolls are always baiting others
to get attention.
But last night, I read a couple of definitions. Both emphasized malice
... the Troll wants more than our attention. It wants to hurt us.
Many trolls will argue, ad infinitum, posting the same drivel over &
over & over ...
It is scoring victories by hurting & getting a negative reaction.
Also, I suspect, it is the ultimate judge of who won in the hurting
contest. Scores reported elsewhere that say the troll was trounced
are denied.
The only way to actually defeat a troll is to ignore them. That's
what they can't stand.
OtoH, if you want to tease a Troll, I suspect compliments, admiration
would knock 'em off balance.
(Hmmm. Why does the peer-reviewed scientific paper use the word
psychopath? ... I'd think sociopath more accurate.)
... oooOO}{OOooo ...
I used to search for the meaning of Life.
When I found it, I said, "I want a different meaning!"
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