Ron Ritzman wrote:
On 11/8/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
I think that many of the people labeled "trolls" on WP aren't "trolls" in the classic sense because they really believe in the positions that they take. They are just very obstinate about their positions and can't take "no" for an answer.
You mean like Martin Luther King, Jr. was?
If your fighting real life oppression then sometimes taking "no" for an answer is noble and the right thing to do. If you're trying to get your way on a website then it rarely ever is and can be counterproductive to your position. "Nobody likes listening to dicks no matter how right they are".
So standing up for what one believes is being a dick??? Nobody likes hearing from anyone that challenges the status quo.When it takes someone with the status of a Martin Luther King to challenge the establishment it tells me that a lot of people have previously missed the opportunity to fight oppression when it was really a much simpler problem.
I don't dispute that it can be difficult to distinguish between a person with a legitimate complaint and one who is only seeking to disrupt, but that does not absolve us from assuming good faith.
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