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What is a troll?

What is the best, or your favorite, way of handling a troll, racist, or all-around bigot...?

  • ... just curious how everyone handles the flood of trolls, racists, and all-around bigots. What do you like to do? How do you, personally, deal with them. Mine: For the most part, I ignore. Trolls hate being ignored. Every now and then I give in and reply but that is rare and I am attempting to not but I slip up sometimes. However, every now and then one gets my attention. I sometimes expose the troll if it is not a well-known troll. What I do is post a list of its infractions (such as the people it hates and other trolling behaviours) in its questions to point the way for other answerers. I have learned that if the target of the trolling defends him/herself (his/her person and/or ethnicity), the troll gets what it wants. I make the listing of its infractions as minimalistic as possible. I am just a "signpost" in these. I have a habit of not going into troll's threads so I do not report as much as I suppose I should.

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    Generally I laugh at them and consider where the idiocy is coming from. The strongest emotion I feel is sorrow for how they are so ignorant and misled. Although I will write good answers and refute their foolishness at times, the joke is on them. They offer the needed forum which provides me with a place to grind them into the putrid mince meat that they are. The big key is to NEVER take it to a personal lever in any way, shape or form. There are evil critters on this planet who literally feed off negative energy. These silly people are their foodbaskets. Therefore, I propose starving them emotionally by staying calm. Sometimes, I must admit, I ENJOY flaming them. However, it is always done with class and educational points. We all need to be a lil bit nassy sometimes! Anger? naw, never waste it on idiots. I tend to ignore them unless they are just too cruel for words. I am also very fond of the "no answer just report" button if they are too foul. I don't know why but I almost wore that button finger out last night!

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PLEASE EVERYONE STOP RESPONDING TO THERE IDIOT QUESTIONS. IF THEY GET NO RESPONSES THEY WILL GET BORED AND GO AWAY.

KATE O

reporting them or treating their lives with insults. and taking their two points.

~Mmmkay?~

I like to yawn, and ask them if they're still talking. ( ^ _ ^ ) Apparently it works because they hate when I do it! Oh, there's this one person who hates being called a troll. I found that out earlier today! There are ways to get under their skin without getting too personal. Still I wish I could reach through cyber space and smack the ever living stupidity out of them.

kO_oties

Calm, collect and intelligently.

mac man

I report them and don't answer their question

Ms-trustme

I don't respond to their questions. I just report them and otherwise ignore. If they keep getting the attention, they will never stop.

s.a.l.t.

Online, it's easy to ignore and you have no choice but to or respond. But I'd be lying if I said I would ignore a bigot who would have the guts to say something racist either about me, a friend or family member to my face. I'd beat their a**, and if I need back up, I'll have my back up!

Priscilla Mason

I sometimes ignore them.............. and sometimes I say something totally far fetched and sarcastic :) oh! I also report them..... its fun!

Venom!

You have to take it with a grain of salt; in other words, "take it lightly." Many racists, are just ignorant, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, they are just unaware of things. Now bigots, I just found out through another question on Yahoo that I may be one. It states on wikipedia.com, that a bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles, or identities differing from his or her own because I always think that I am right and don't even try to hear others' points (I really don't think that makes me a bigot, but I could be).

Terry H

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