How often do you get called (or implied) a troll on DU?

[prolesunited]

Or is it just me?

[mainegreen]

1. I am *not* a troll. I am, evidently, a sexist pig. n/t

[mcctatas]

5. Me too...

and I'm a chick! (oops I did it again;) )

[prolesunited]

12. Many have thought I was an African-American man

says one chick to another. :-)

[otherlander]

7. I'm apparently...

an anti-semite AND the worst kind of atheist there is.
:crazy:

[Midlodemocrat]

2. It's not just you.

Happens to all of us at some point. I've been called troll, freeper, you name it.

Usually the idiot who says it is gone pretty quickly.

[CreekDog]

4. I get called "freeper" pretty often

:eyes: :rofl:

[TZ]

6. ..

Hi CreekFreep!
Hey I got called chicken little today! I've also been called all sorts of names..but usually not troll..shill is more my style....:D

[CreekDog]

8. I've been called a chicken, or actually Creekchicken

:eyes:

but when i get called names, it usually refers to me being duped, naive or whatever, the upshot being that i don't do my own thinking.

charming. :hi:

[TZ]

9. I've got just the thing to cheer you up...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8133225
:evilgrin:

[dropkickpa]

17. SHILL!!!!!!11!!!111!1!!

Hah! Yeah, that one is fun.

[CreekDog]

3. Not nearly enough

:evilgrin:

[AirmensMom]

10. Just once.

Well, several times in the same thread by the same person, but just that one thread. And I can't remember if they called me a troll or a freeper ... or just implied it. In any case, the mods deleted all the posts that said it.

Sometimes it can get brutal around here.

[Redstone]

11. Only by people who don't know me. I get called lots of other name, though.

No matter.

Redstone

[prolesunited]

14. I know I shouldn't let it bother me

But I have been here since 2001, organized meetups, including one in D.C., helped with fund drives (including Kef's funeral), married another DUer, and have lots of DUers that are friends outside of here.

You think you're part of a community and then to be insulted like that is hurtful.

[Redstone]

16. I can certainly understand why you'd feel that way. It's not nice at all when people

let political differences get personal.

Redstone

[La Lioness Priyanka]

33. i agree its hurtful especially if it comes from people who should know better

but if its some idiot who popped up last year, i try not to let it bother me.

sorry about that :hug:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. Just ignore all those Obama supporters.

They don't know what they're talking about.

[prolesunited]

28. Whatever

I'm gonna go do some phone banking for OBAMA. No use in wasting my time around here.

[dropkickpa]

15. It's only happened when i dared criticize

any of the rotating list of sacred cows. Whatever. I don't lie (as is often implied when this happens), it's boring and takes WAY too much effort. If I wanted to expend that amount of effort, I'd be doing work at work instead of DUing.

[dawgmom]

18. On one of my very first posts

I posted a request -- asked for an update on the numbers on the presidential race in intrade.com (because for some reason my administrator blocks it from work -- I guess they think it's a gambling site.) This was when Obama was slightly down, right after the Repub convention. Good lord...I had people coming at me from every side, accusing me of being a troll. The mods helped me out, though, but I learned my lesson (sort of.)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. i just get called arrogant, stupid and elitists

which may or may not be synonyms for troll.

in fairness no one has actually called me an elitist but just implied that i was. i personally don't think thats a bad thing despite its usage as an insult.

[Midlodemocrat]

20. Oh, I've been called elitist, arrogant, condescending, stupid,

you name it.

But, like I said to proles, usually those folks don't get to stick around.

Doesn't bother me. I know I'm none of those things, so the opinion of some faceless halfwit on the net doesn't concern me.

I only really care about the opinions of people that I like here. The rest can go pound sand.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. damn in i forgot condescending. i was also told that i think i am better

than 99% of DU. c'mon now. 95% not 99%.

:p

[DarkTirade]

23. That's shallow thinking right there.

I mean, does 'prettier' really equate to 'better'? :P

[La Lioness Priyanka]

25. i am smarter than i am prettier. you are confusing me for palin.

who is somewhat better looking than the average american, and somewhat dumber than the average american, and far more evil than most people.

[DarkTirade]

29. Meh, I really don't find her attractive.

And I lean towards brunettes.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

31. you still cant have my gf

:P :O

[DarkTirade]

47. Hell, I'm jealous of both of you two.

:P

[A HERETIC I AM]

44. The fact is, you are elegant, poised, competent,

sweet, kind, caring, talented and when you walk into a room, it lights up and a choir of angels sings



"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (and one little one at the edge goes---> ) nee!"

[DarkTirade]

22. Just recently...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8131987 :P

[PVnRT]

24. Plenty in the past few days

What with all my billions of dollars in the stock market. I should be abusing the wage-jockeys right now, but I'm taking it easy.

[Critters2]

26. Haven't been called a troll in a while. Have been called an imbecile and naive

recently, though.

[Richardo]

27. Relatively often ...

... the frequency and vitriol increase proportionately with the rationality of one's position.

[Dogtown]

30. "Bully"

Apparently i'm the schoolyard bully.

Some of our members do not like being queried. Or figuring out big words.

:cry:

[Danger Mouse]

32. I've been called naive, annoying, stupid, a troll, a freeper, you name it, I've been called it.

:shrug:

[OmahaBlueDog]

39. And that was just what California Peggy said about you

Think about what the rest of us have called you ;-)

[Danger Mouse]

45. She has wounded my gentle spirit with harsh words..

:cry:

[Sequoia]

34. When I bad mouth cops or cheer for a crook!

[foxfeet]

35. Never, so far. But there's still time! n/t

[sniffa]

36. People really need to let this "Hitler Youth" thing go

[moriah]

37. Only on one thread...

... about the tinfoil-hat Palin theory.

Actually, I got one better than just being accused of being a troll, I got accused of working for the RNC. Several times in the thread.

Fucktards.

[MissMillie]

38. it's you

:silly:

[Awsi Dooger]

40. Often

I'm not a landslide cheerleader simpleton who thinks we'll win Georgia and Utah. I used to post every time I saw a ridiculously favorable poll or prediction, so that led to plenty of troll nonsense in 2004, even though I was proven correct, that we were far too optimistic against an incumbent.

Supporting Hillary didn't help. I'm sure I made the ignore lists that were being passed around.

Also, I have no qualms about betting on Republicans, or against DU preference, if that's where the value is. I bet on Palin in the 2006 Alaska gov race and I've wagered on McCain to win Indiana and North Carolina. I bet on Lieberman to defeat Lamont in the general election at the ridiculous bargain rate of -140 (ratio of 140 to win 100). That stuff may not read well here but I'm not going to pass it up. Same thing when I wagered on Hillary to win the California and Ohio primaries. I have plenty on Obama at even money to win the presidency.

[Symarip]

41. Not that I'm aware of...

But the day ain't over yet.

[east texas lib]

42. It's lonely under this bridge...

So lonely. Sigh.;(

[quakerboy]

43. Once. when I was new

I believe it was in the first few days. I forget who it was as dun it, but I promised em that I'd be around a while and was no such thing. And I is still here. I should go look it up and say hi.

[Common Sense Party]

46. Very often. I guess that's to be expected when one is to the right

of Dennis Kucinich.

[Fire Walk With Me]

48. I may have been obliquely referred to as a troll at least once...

...was called inflammatory once, but that was due to an easily-made misinterpretation of my post (my fault on that one).

I believe 9/11=MIHOP, it's all about the oil/no WMDs, it's all about power and money grabs, it's all about the descending economy (and the opportunities involved for those who profit socially and economically from disaster) and about October Surprises...mostly unpopular topics, some of which have been proven true, so I wouldn't be surprised if some consider me a troll, when all I'm attempting to do is to continuously point the finger at a problem which must be solved...and about which we appear to finally be rallying together against. Finally.

[Chan790]

49. every time I leave the Lounge...

I am not a man for all seasons, I wear poorly upon GD: P and GD.

[NNadir]

50. I not only get called a troll, I am informed who I work for by the morons so designating me .

Apparently the claim is that one cannot disagree with them unless one is paid to do so.

They are so consistent that I often wonder if they are all sock puppets of one another. It's amazing how broadly solipsism is distributed, but it's not like it matters.

I often think of the fluffy whiny fellows and gals who claim they know who I work for as yuppie brats living on Mom's trust funds, but of course, I don't actually know where they come from. It's hard to imagine, but it is possible they've had jobs in their lives.

Though it's great fun to speculate about whence they come and I've had some very happy creative moments with that sort of thing, who cares, at the end of the day?

I give as good as I get. It's half the fun of being a blogger, I think.

[Iggo]

51. Probably more than I notice...

...which ain't much.

[TreasonousBastard]

52. Just twice this week so far...

but I'm off work for most of the rest of it, so a'trollin I will be...

[jeff30997]

59. Troll !

I guess that makes it #3. :P

[elshiva]

53. NEVER.

[nickgutierrez]

54. Never, yet.

Or, not that I know of.

[realisticphish]

55. i've been called a third-rate propagandist

that was kinda cool

[Solon]

56. If I'm not called that, plus a dozen other names, by the end of the day, I consider it a failure...

and then I get depressed. I wear it like a badge of honor! :D

[friedgreentomatoes]

57. Not yet...

......but then, look at my paltry post-count :P and the fact that I almost never go back to a thread in which I comment to find out if I have been awarded a special adjective.
on the other hand, something nice happened the other day. I said I was no DU Pro, but LostinVA told me i have just turned one

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[jeff30997]

58. It happens to me all the time...

I wonder why.

[Generic Brad]

60. Not since I passed 1000 posts

And having a star seems to help too.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

61. Never, but I've been used as an example

of a callous kook on freeper websites...
Coming from them, I consider it a badge of honor. I have no tolerance for intolerance.

[patomime]

62. Once... this week....

but decided the person obviously needs psychiatric drugs and bed rest. Couldn't explain objection clearly to my opinions, just wanted to bait and flame. I decided I don't care and it made me feel better.

[mvd]

63. Never

I'm a mod and have an established record here, but one of my threads did get tagged with a "disruptive" vote when the rating system was in effect. Tough crowd in GDP.

[yewberry]

64. Usually based on my username:

self-righteous, smug, arrogant, authoritarian, humorless, hipster (?), pasty, terrorist, brain-damaged, militant, hypocritical nanny-stater.

Not based on posts, but on username. :eyes:


Troll, though? No, not really.