Here’s another aspect of trolls that probably most would agree with (and also that there are different kinds of trolls) - an honest member just avoids the threads that don’t interest him. A troll will glom all over threads that supposedly don’t interest him/her, make cyncial, snide, snarky and belittling comments again and again. If not a bona fide troll, at least a maladjusted person who just likes making a stink and aggravating people.
Sometimes an honest non-troll might make comments of disagreement of course, but the disagreement will be on-topic, not throwing crap into the punchbowl!
Just a couple of thoughts about the matter in general...
That’s absurd. So I guess “you” are a troll on an Obama thread if you don’t agree with Obama and make snide remarks. Or on a Supreme Court thread if they make a judgement that you don’t support but others do. Or you are against Jeb Bush for President but others support. That is not even near correct. A troll to me is someone who hates all that is Free Republic...not one thread. You need to reexamine your thoughts IMHO.