Coping with Trolls and Derailers

[ElephantsAndMiasmas]

There have been some very persistent posters on here recently - some of them funny (unintentionally), and some of them not - dragging threads off track so we have to go back and explain something over and over again. I'm all for a lively debate, but there always comes a point when you realise that they are not listening at all, are on a blatant wind-up mission, or are just insulting posters with no intention of debating the original issues.

If we don't want this to happen, and bearing in mind that some people spot the pattern quicker than others, I was going to suggest that we have something like a warning word/phrase that could alert other posters to the fact that they are wasting their time. What do you think? Is this a stupid idea?

Saying "ah, a troll" just adds fuel to the fire you see. But if you were to say "I blame Princess Michael of Kent" or something, and then everyone disappears...well it might work?

I think it's cutely naive you all think I am a misogynistic male Christian. Hehehehehehe.

Hope you don't flunk your O.W.L.S.

Oh I see - we are all having a sense of humour failure Love it when the arguement is 'you just don't get it, its a joke' Well, no actually, its a load of vicious, vile women-hating rubbish.
Like CCF I read the blog and what a load of pretentious, narcasstic, egotistic, badly written claptrap. At one point he even says blogging is a waste of time and how he's the only decent think on the internet and he's leaving, but, oh no he just couldn't keep away and carries on!! And I don't care how 'nice' he was in private he sprewed vile filled hate against women out in public.

How is that any different than spewing vile hate against men out in public?

Both genders are human beings.

Well done Kate!

Love is the answer.

If you can't Love, then you are no Woman at all.

The only person SH loved was himself.....

You have no proof.

But even if that were the case, at least he could Love. Despite the way he was made.

But I wasn't talking about SH.

Now was I?

It's an idea, but I like the greyfilter idea too.....

I think MN has thought about block poster type options before and decided against them.

Has anyone reported any of these posts? I'd be interested to know what MNHQ make of it all.

In my opinion SH didn't even love himself. That's where his misogyny came from, through his self-hatred.

Same place it comes from in any form of gender based hate targeting.

Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche

true. YouDontWantToKnow, did you know him in real life?

No claig. I never met the man.

If Barack Obama has the courage to support the building of a mosque near Ground Zero, then this Board should be able to cope with posters who express a minority view.

What can't this Board allow the man rest in peace?

we need a rolls eyes emoticon.....

What has barack obama got to do with anything

This is all very odd and very dull

Let's stop discussing him and let's not allow the trolls to turn this into another dull 1000 post thread