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Jackson's avatar

Surely these people have better things to do than spreading hate?

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Paul Wilson's avatar

Actually, no - this behaviour is their solution, not their problem. They often have an emotional need to be sadistic and hateful. It is perplexing and I'll be getting into what motivates this more malignant expression of trolling in my very next article in the sadism series.

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Jackson's avatar

Yeah. As soon as I hit 'comment' I was like: DURRRRH. Frothing at the mouth about other peoples bits is their whole raison d'├кtre ЁЯд╖тАНтЩВя╕П

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Paul Wilson's avatar

Partly, yes. They are indeed invested in the content due to their prejudice. But there is also a particular kind of emotional 'transaction' going on here which is independent of the content and held in common by certain subtypes of troll. I'll be exposing that underbelly.

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