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Originally Posted by Spuds
I give people at least two rounds before I call them out on it or ignore them. Suspicion of troll doesn't mean I shouldn't take their questions seriously.
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I think there is a difference between trolling and just ignorance. I tend to be fine with both. I’m fairly patient and enjoy a good debate if there is enough intellectual honesty. Even when someone is clearly trolling to elicit an emotional response, the rules of logic confine my responses to advance an argument that is both sound and valid (I just watched Star Trek - First Contact...hence the Vulcan response).
On the other hand, many people who may seem like they are trolling may actually not be trolling. Some are willfully or accidentally ignorant. Some live in their echo chambers, so their questions seem more obvious, but like a fish out of water or someone facing culture shock, they have yet to be exposed to a point of view that is not in their narrow spectrum. Then again, sometimes people just aren’t that bright or are intellectually lazy.