Trolls Exist to Disrupt

Troll commentary recently choked the life out of the comments sections on some of my recent posts. Some folks are more tolerant of trolls than others, and I always considered myself a decent guy for giving them their say. I figured, "Bring 'em on. Basic deductive reasoning and logic on my part will blow them out of the water, anyway."

WRONG!

The fact that I am even writing this post, to be honest, is equivelant to throwing them snacks. Trolls exist to be fed, and no amount of reasoning will make them understand the truth. I suppose I forgot my own piece of advice from posts long ago. You can't reason with the unreasonable.

Part of the reason I did not initially react to the presence of trolls was also, I assume, that for the most part they were not resorting to using ad hominem attacks. I figured, I have my point of view and they have theirs.

WRONG AGAIN!

Liberal Trolls don't have arguments, only information that masquerades as an argument. It's not designed to convince anyone of anything. Their commentary is meant to harass, point out their interpretation of what flaws exist, and strut around disrupting a blog. And everytime one of us argues with a troll, we are in a sense rewarding them for their bad behavior. The troll likes getting us all riled up. That's the whole point, and they will keep at it until the owner of the site feels it necessary to change the form of comments, or eliminate comments all together. This really makes a troll feel good.

They are like trolls under a bridge, demanding a toll everytime you use your own bridge. I didn't understand that a month or so ago when I received a couple e-mails from readers stating that they weren't going to comment anymore. The cogs began to turn in my dome with a more recent e-mail stated that the sender detested what was going on and was going to cut ties with Political Pistachio.

It was like losing one of my best friends, almost. Why was I letting the enemy disrupt my house, and force my friends to leave? It's my party, and if someone can't behave, they must be the ones to leave. Period. It has nothing to do with freedom of speech. It's my house. My rules. Rather than paying the toll to that troll under the bridge, I need to just keep on driving, and run right over that troll's hand. Maybe then, the trolls will learn to keep their hands to themselves, and go hang out under somebody else's bridge.

Their arguments are always the same, too. They cry out for non-partisonship, good education for our children, health care for everyone, good health for our children, for society to provide care for our elderly, public services that truly do serve and protect, businesses that all work together for the good of the economy, fresh water and air, animals living in harmony with humankind, livable cities, ethics in all aspects of society be it politics or businesses, fair journalism, fair wages for all, and everyone dancing and singing the same tune of peace, love, and happiness. Sounds great, until you recognize all of the flaws.

Non-partisonship? That means you are partison if you disagree with their agenda. Being pro-life is not anti-abortion, to them, it's anti-woman's rights. Have a problem with gay marriage? They see you as a bigot, and homophobic. Support aggressive military defense of this nation against terrorism? Warmonger. And if you've never served in the military, you are a chicken, too. Ever notice that the argument they use is often: Then go enlist, tough guy. When I tell them I'm a veteran it usually shuts up that argument, but why even argue? If I keep arguing with these idiots, eventually people won't be able to tell who's the idiot, and who isn't. And then the liberal trolls will point out issues that conservatives and moderate Republicans are at odds on, like illegal immigration. They actually see these people that commit a crime in the very act of coming here as refugees, and they lump the illegals together with the legal aliens. I have no problem with immigration. I just have a problem with people that take the matters into their own hands by illegal means, in a sense, cutting to the front of the line.

Everyone wants good education for our children, but this "nurturing" aspect is doing more damage than good. The left is so afraid of hurting anybody's feelings that they have determined that time outs are better than a good old fashioned spanking, and that academics should be based on potential rather than results. Kids do not do well unless challenged. Mankind is that way, for that matter. If not taught to perform, and not forced to be disciplined in order to survive, people lose their competitive edge, and the highly successful concept of captialism requires competition and independent initiative. Self-reliance is not reached by accepting handouts, or being taught that everyone's a winner, and that there are no losers. One must make their opportunity, and work hard to reach success. I would want it no other way.

Who doesn't want to be healthy? But government controlled health care is a recipe for disaster, and the liberal trolls can proclaim the greatness of Europe's system all they want, but evidence is obviously showing that their system is a mess, and you will more likely die there before receiving the care you need. No thank you. I'll pay for my own insurance. It may be expensive, but the quality of care is worth it. Should there be a fix to the system? Sure. But let's not hand it over to socialism.

I'm not even going to go over the rest of those issues today. I think you get the point. And besides, that kind of socialistic programs they push cost money, and a lot of it. Taxes are high as it is. No thank you. I'd rather depend on My Lord and myself for happiness, not the government. For now on I will allow limited lefty commentary, but anything that I deem as even a little over the line in my conservative house will be deleted. No questions asked. If you disagree, too bad. I'm tired of playing the troll's games. This is my house, my party, and if you don't like it, go somewhere else and be a pain in the butt.