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My personal experience tallies with what the article reports. \u00a0I no longer attempt conversation with such folks. \u00a0I stopped participating at certain sites because it was simply pointless and frustrating to do so. \u00a0Also, like most sane people I won\u2019t comment on religion-related threads at the Salt Lake Tribune<\/em>, and I don\u2019t tolerate trollish behavior when it appears in the comments on this blog or on my Facebook page. \u00a0Even after many years, the hostility and hatred that some routinely express online (and in anonymous emails) fascinates and appalls me.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Somebody called my attention to this article yesterday, I think, and I\u2019m sorry, but I failed to make a note of who it was. \u00a0Thanks to him or her, in any case: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/gadgets-and-tech\/news\/online-trolls-are-psychopaths-and-sadists-psychologists-claim-9134396.html \u00a0 My personal experience tallies with what the article reports. \u00a0I no longer attempt conversation with such folks. \u00a0I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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