[lbo-talk] "Concern troll"

[Max B. Sawicky]

"But we are concerned. You could call us the campaign concern troll. 
Maybe we should start our own Obama Facebook group. Some sh*t really 
needs to be trolled, so a trolling we will go. Merrily we troll along."

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/02/nader_for_president/

B. wrote:
> [I was called this recently for criticizing Obama in a
> liberal forum, had to look up what the hell it meant.
> - B.]
> 
> 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)#Concern_troll
> 
> "Concern troll"
> 
> A concern troll is a false flag pseudonym created by a
> user whose actual point of view is opposed to the one
> that the user's sockpuppet claims to hold. The concern
> troll posts in web forums devoted to its declared
> point of view and attempts to sway the group's actions
> or opinions while claiming to share their goals, but
> with professed "concerns". The goal is to sow fear,
> uncertainty and doubt within the group.
>