Troll

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See troller and ethical troll for two quite different tactics that will, to opponents or those who do not understand politics very well, appear similar.

See troll rating for extensive explanation of the comment rating mechanism on Daily Kos and when to mark a comment as a troll comment.

See en: wikipedia: Internet troll for a detailed history of the term and its use to describe these many behaviors.

See the kossary, especially "New Troll point of view" and "freeper", for more details of how open politics argument intersects troll culture.

In general, calling oneself a troll is a good way to avoid feeling bad when someone, inevitably, calls you a troll. If you are doing a good partisan job, it is better to immunize yourself against feeling bad or justifying your statements or worse your identity. This is according to User:anonymous troll.

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