Free Republic Commenters: Really That Crazy, or Just Trolls?

[Tunkamerica]

http://funnycrave.com/free-republic-commenters-really-that-crazy-or-just-trolls/22384/


A useful law to be aware of is Poe’s Law, which states that any attempt to satirize an extreme viewpoint will inevitably be mistaken by somebody as actually representing that viewpoint. It makes figuring out satire on the Internet difficult, and taking insane sites seriously nearly impossible.

And, of course, nowhere else other than the internet can you find more blisteringly insane opinions about politics. One particularly infamous political hotbed is Free Republic, a news aggregation site so conservative it’s currently the only thing that can arouse Ann Coulter.

The history of Free Republic brings new meaning to the word “tortured”. It’s had more purges than the brutal Communist dictatorship of Buliemia. As users have expressed intolerable, vile beliefs, like thinking Rudy Guliani would make a good president, they’ve been booted from the site, because nothing is more American than making people you don’t like go away to never be seen again.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. both

[SoCalNative]

2. I vote

for batshit crazy

[immoderate]

3. Strangely, "'true believers" are a manifestation of uncrazy.

Of course, crazy is an undefined term. But these people (mostly) exhibit functionality. They are poorly programmed, and their data is garbage, but it works.

Are they predictable? -- Impaired function, maybe. Not crazy. Anyway, that would relieve them of responsibility. If they are crazy you will never be able to say, "Look how badly you people have fucked things up!"

--imm