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44. That's not the definition of either

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 06:19 PM

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troll
2 of 3
verb
trolled; trolling; trolls

transitive verb

(snip)

2a
: to antagonize (others) online by deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content
… trolls engage in the most outrageous and offensive behaviors possible—all the better to troll you with.—
Whitney Phillips

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troll#:~:text=troll%20nightclubs-,2,better%20to%20troll%20you%20with.

mock
1 of 4
verb

mocked; mocking; mocks

transitive verb

1: to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
he has been mocked as a mama's boy—
C. P. Pierce

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mock

These are "tools in the toolbox" when you have people who won't engage intellectually.

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Bye bye Mel! Omnipresent Wednesday #1

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Only 3 dozen? Ms. Toad Wednesday #16

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It's called "trolling". BumRushDaShow Wednesday #30

Sure Cirsium Wednesday #31

That is the point she was making. If Trump is so hot to go after citizens by birthright travelingthrulife Wednesday #13

But she expressly tied it to birthright citizenship, Ms. Toad Wednesday #15

Seems clear to me. travelingthrulife Wednesday #22

What she said Cirsium Wednesday #25

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It's the "game" that Republicans continually play BumRushDaShow Wednesday #14

Whether her parents were born here or documented is completely irrelevant Ms. Toad Wednesday #28

It's "trolling" BumRushDaShow Wednesday #35

All of those examples are related to birthright citizenship. Ms. Toad Wednesday #37

The whole point is BumRushDaShow Wednesday #38

It doesn't emphasize their idiocy. It only makes us look just as idiotic. n/t Ms. Toad Wednesday #39

It most certainly does BumRushDaShow Wednesday #40

So I suppose if everyone else ran off a cliff, you would recommend we follow? Ms. Toad Wednesday #41

"Words" are not the "actions" that you insist they are BumRushDaShow Wednesday #42

Trolling and mocking is not effective unless it is based in reality. n/t Ms. Toad Wednesday #43

That's not the definition of either BumRushDaShow Wednesday #44

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She SHOULD be. . . . BigDemVoter Wednesday #21

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