This article was previously posted on June 30 and can be found in full as article number 8252, Three Cheers for San Diego Police.
Comments to original article remain intact below.
Fuck You and Fuck The Poilice, quit posting this Bullsit on this site!
Thank you for the replay, whoever keeps sending this post. You are driving the weaker minded among us crazy and it's showing in the first response! You are obviously going to keep this up with that kind of reaction, aren't you! Hint hint...
Strange...usually the left spends a lot of energy bickering with one another...but now this idiot comes along and creates some unity among us. At least these idiotic pro-cop posts remind us all of what we have in common. This nutball is creating greater IMC solidarity!
don't know about the unity part, but showing that others are looking at this site. Still, the message may be making some points along the way. who knows and who cares when posts like this abound...
It takes this to unite? Who are you referring to that there is disagreement among the left? THe message is strong and clear with or without such posts. Why not ignore them?
Since la.indymedia.org / sandiego.indymedia.org has recently received a surge of
attention in the wake of the BIO conference, it's fitting to take note of some of the
unfortunately unwelcome attention that inevitably comes along with the largely
welcome kind. I refer to the noticeable uptick in insulting and baiting invectives with
which the site is here and there littered of late. While it shouldn't overly concern us, we
should use common sense in handling it. On Usenet, there is a word for the authors of
this kind of material. They are called "trolls." The definition of "troll" from the Computer
Jargon Dictionary is:
troll v.,n.
1. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on
Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the post
itself. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies" which in turn comes
from mainstream "trolling", a style of fishing in which one trails bait through
a likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that
induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more
clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy
and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the
joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT. 2. An individual who
chronically trolls in sense 1; regularly posts specious arguments, flames or
personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in email for no other
purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion. Trolls are
recognizable by the fact that they have no real interest in learning about
the topic at hand - they simply want to utter flame bait. Like the ugly
creatures they are named after, they exhibit no redeeming characteristics,
and as such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on the net, as in,
"Oh, ignore him, he's just a troll." Compare kook. 3. [Berkeley] Computer
lab monitor. A popular campus job for CS students. Duties include helping
newbies and ensuring that lab policies are followed. Probably so-called
because it involves lurking in dark cavelike corners.
Some people claim that the troll (sense 1) is properly a narrower category
than flame bait, that a troll is categorized by containing some assertion
that is wrong but not overtly controversial. See also Troll-O-Meter.
The use of `troll' in either sense is a live metaphor that readily produces
elaborations and combining forms. For example, one not infrequently
sees the warning "Do not feed the troll" as part of a followup to troll
postings.
Now, having defined the term, it becomes much easier to detect and figure out what
to do with them. As the venerable Jargon Dictionary points out above, the sage
counsel of every veteran is "don't feed the animals." Ignore them. They will tire of their
antics much quicker if they don't get the responses they want. Remember, by
definition, they're not here because they take any kind of active interest in the opinions
of others, least of all anyone here. Whether they're cops, rightwing agitators, or
whatever else, it's pointless to engage them.
What's another surefire sign of a troll? How about someone posting a message to the
newswire that
reads, "What on earth was all that protesting about? Much todo about nothing! I never
could figure it out!" Somehow, they managed to follow the news close enough to pick
up on the existence of this site, managed to wade past the numerous detailed
arguments (albeit amidst some admixture of their own and other's incoherent
diatribes), but never could figure out what anyone was protesting?
Or how about someone posting a series of insults, repeated over and over again,
while resolutely ignoring any rational arguments. That's another surefire sign of a troll.
Obviously true trolls will not take the trouble to read and respond to detailed
arguments. They are not here to challenge themselves with intellectual polemics.
Anyhow, you get the picture: Don't feed the trolls!
and it is still a load of trash. Please stop reposting this every day, and get on with your life.
thanks.
Would Independent Media please identify who this is taking up space with thier capitalist press on Independent Media?
Thank you.