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44. That's not the definition of either

Wed Mar 26, 2025, 05:19 PM

Mar 2025

troll
2 of 3
verb
trolled; trolling; trolls

transitive verb

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2a
: to antagonize (others) online by deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content
… trolls engage in the most outrageous and offensive behaviors possible—all the better to troll you with.—
Whitney Phillips

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troll#:~:text=troll%20nightclubs-,2,better%20to%20troll%20you%20with.

mock
1 of 4
verb

mocked; mocking; mocks

transitive verb

1: to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
he has been mocked as a mama's boy—
C. P. Pierce

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mock

These are "tools in the toolbox" when you have people who won't engage intellectually.

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Melania Trump Could Face Deportation, Maxine Waters Suggests [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 OP

Bye bye Mel! Omnipresent Mar 2025 #1

Why did a hooker and porn model get a visa? An Einstein visa no less. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #2

Good for Waters. This is how you do it. Keep hammering them on their absurd hypocrisy. hadEnuf Mar 2025 #3

Rather start with Musk Melon snowybirdie Mar 2025 #4

That would be a consummation devoutly to be wished. raccoon Mar 2025 #5

If everyone could get Citizenship as fast as Mrs. Trophy then there wouldn't be a problem Bengus81 Mar 2025 #6

Bye Melaaaaaahniaaaaaa. twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #7

Good one 👍👍 TommieMommy Mar 2025 #8

Post removed Post removed Mar 2025 #9

The quoted comment from Waters makes no logical sense Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #10

Thanks for the heads up. Fixed. BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #12

Only 3 dozen? Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #16

That's just "news site" tabs BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #18

OK. You win. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #19

It can be a nightmare when I have to upgrade (either Firefox and/or windoze) BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #20

Pro tip for multiple open tabs dickthegrouch Mar 2025 #33

With Firefox, I can just kill the window and when I reopen it after an upgrade BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #34

Not here Cirsium Mar 2025 #24

It's called "trolling". BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #30

Sure Cirsium Mar 2025 #31

That is the point she was making. If Trump is so hot to go after citizens by birthright travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #13

But she expressly tied it to birthright citizenship, Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #15

Seems clear to me. travelingthrulife Mar 2025 #22

What she said Cirsium Mar 2025 #25

Why do we keep seeing this nonsense? FBaggins Mar 2025 #11

It's the "game" that Republicans continually play BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #14

Whether her parents were born here or documented is completely irrelevant Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #28

It's "trolling" BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #35

All of those examples are related to birthright citizenship. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #37

The whole point is BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #38

It doesn't emphasize their idiocy. It only makes us look just as idiotic. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #39

It most certainly does BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #40

So I suppose if everyone else ran off a cliff, you would recommend we follow? Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #41

"Words" are not the "actions" that you insist they are BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #42

Trolling and mocking is not effective unless it is based in reality. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #43

That's not the definition of either BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #44

maybe they mean Barron is the anchor baby and mel is the "illegal" Kali Mar 2025 #46

That doesn't fit with the context of the comment. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #47

What goes around, comes around. republianmushroom Mar 2025 #17

She SHOULD be. . . . BigDemVoter Mar 2025 #21

Newsweek Cirsium Mar 2025 #23

Maybe she should be investigated after Trump's 2nd term is over. Would serve her right and give them both nightmares CTyankee Mar 2025 #27

Democrats are resorting to "tit-for-tat" politics FakeNoose Mar 2025 #26

He might actually do it jmowreader Mar 2025 #29

Melania and Musk. Watch Dump's head explode. Martin68 Mar 2025 #32

Don-Old might like this idea. sellitman Mar 2025 #36

Russia Boy doesn't care about his wife, or anyone else for that matter. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #45