The boyz at Hillbuzz dissect trolls

This pro-Hillary site run by some gay men from Chicago is a regular stop for me. Great snark and interesting political observations. They saw the Obama campaign up close while campaigning for Hillary and the thuggery turned them into McCain/Palin supporters.

They have a most interesting post up about astroturfing "trolls" who show up in the comments sections of blogs like theirs pretending to be sympathetic, but then finding a way to insert Obama talking points.

Here are some excerpts I found amusing:

First and foremost, the troll needs to establish a connection with the site this troll has been assigned to. So, since this site is HillBuzz, and we are Team Hillary guys, the troll has to pretend he is a Hillary person too. Think of this as the troll putting on a bad disguise it stole from a garbage can in the alley behind an abandoned costume shop. ”Tee-hee! Me find mask. Wear mask, fool peoples. Never know me troll now! Tee-hee-hee!”.

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“I’m not a troll, but I often use all-caps to make certain words stand out that I think are cute, like HOPE, which is a nod to the fact that I am an Obama troll, but by using so blatant an Obama troll go-to like HOPE, I’m being ironic and cheeky since people would assume a real troll wouldn’t be so blatant, so therefore I am not a real troll because I am so blatant, so thus I’m playing 11th dimensional chess with you right now because I went to Harvard and you didn’t”.

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(4) I know he’s thrown gays under teh bus, but what exactly are you trying to do- elect the people who will give you NO chance of equality? Come on.

“Remember, trolls, insert at least one spelling error so that it looks like you are typing quick and with passion. Stoopid peoples, that how we trolls trick them! Spell words like “the” wrong, like “teh”, and then people will think, “Oh, this not professional troll, this regular blogger like am me! Professional troll would spell everything A-otay, so him not troll. Him nice person. Me agree with him!”