[WikiEN-l] mad trolls

Tue Oct 14 08:18:34 UTC 2003

This is just a general grump, but I do wish people would stop implying that
our more controversial users are mentally ill.

It seems to me that this is a tactic aimed at dismissing them and devaluing
their contributions ("Oh ignore them - they're just mad").  The problem is,
this also dismisses and devalues other users with mental health problems.
And as I've said before - not all us loonies are trolls.

Besides, I don't believe in effective on-line diagnosis (my psychiatrist
can't get it right when I'm in the same room as him!).  Not every troll has
some deep-seated psychological reason for their difficult nature - sometimes
people are just jerks.

I'm not trying to make a big issue of this - just keep it in mind will ya :)

Regards

sannse