From: fungus@amongus.com.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 18:25:26 +0000   
   D  wrote:   
   > plain text usenet newsgroups are the last vestige of uncensored free speech   
   (i.e.   
   > less subject to preemptive exclusion or subsequent deletion from public   
   scrutiny)   
   > thus is why every active newsgroup has been systematically targeted by troll   
   farm   
   > "demoralization warfare" propaganda obviously intended to discourage   
   unauthorized   
   > public expression in any form, and their tactics are militarized and nothing   
   less   
      
   I reject the idea trolls are any form of organized demoralization   
   warfare force organized for any reason at all.  Instead I posit: trolls   
   are a numerous but disorganized number of antisocial morons who get   
   pleasure from being asshats.   
      
   For example, an individual trying relentlessly to turn any thread at   
   all into a full-throated paean of messianic fervor for a certain   
   orange-skinned elected official, far and beyond any normal level of   
   admiration and clearly intended simply for the pleasure of roiling up   
   an audience of individuals that otherwise dislike the guy.   
      
   If that rings any bells at all, we miss you and your posts over at   
   m.n.i.d, buddy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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