Beware of Trolls Pretending to Clutch Pearls!

[ProudLib72]

That is all...

[Renew Deal]

1. You said "clutch pearls!"

[ProudLib72]

2. I know the phrase "pearl clutching" already carries a certain

disingenuous intent, but I thought I would add "pretending" to make it doubly obvious.

[GoCubsGo]

3. Yeah, been noticing a lot more of them lately.

[Baltimike]

10. They dish it, but they can't take it....and clutch, clutch clutch. nt

[GusBob]

4. I know right?

We need more feinting couches around here

[USALiberal]

5. Paranoid? Or links to some proof? nt

[ProudLib72]

6. Can't tell you

Gut feeling from a response to a posting earlier.

[sop]

7. I call it concern trolling

"The action or practice of disingenuously expressing concern about an issue in order to undermine or derail genuine discussion."

[USALiberal]

8. How do you separate it from legit concern? nt

[sop]

12. The same way you separate fainting couch pearl-clutching from expressing a legit concern

[ProudLib72]

13. Suppose the same view has been expressed several times before

and there has been a lot of agreement. But now said issue gets alerted on or users you've never heard of suddenly become "concerned" that the view is too dangerous and post their disagreement. Then you can safely assume there are pearl clutching trolls.

[Baltimike]

9. AMEN AMEN AMEN. nt

[malaise]

11. I hear you

[lunatica]

14. Yeah, I had a post removed because I called one out.

The pearl clutching was especially obvious. My years of being here simply aren’t meaningful enough to some obvious pearl clutching super low count pretenders.

If this gets me banned then good riddance.