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To: semimojo

Chief Political Correspondent at Vox? Talk about a classic concern troll.


5 posted on 07/12/2015 12:34:21 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Menehune56

They speak out of the only mindset available to them. It is inconceivable to these ignoramuses that anyone in this country could actually care about evaluating immigrants and ending illegal border crossing.


13 posted on 07/12/2015 12:40:05 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: Menehune56
There's an actual definition for "concern troll"

A person who posts on a blog thread, in the guise of "concern," to disrupt dialogue or undermine morale by pointing out that posters and/or the site may be getting themselves in trouble, usually with an authority or power. They point out problems that don't really exist. The intent is to derail, stifle, control, the dialogue. It is viewed as insincere and condescending.

Example - A concern troll on a progressive blog might write, "I don't think it's wise to say things like that because you might get in trouble with the government." Or, "This controversy is making your side look disorganized."

I had the same concerns in the beginning about Trump being another Perot. But I think Trump's ego is just too big to allow himself to be used like a tool.

Hearing him speak in Arizona yesterday, I was encouraged to see him speak passionately for more than an hour without a script or a teleprompter. And it wasn't just illegal immigration but about trade, factories by American companies being built abroad, ISIS, Iran, oil, the economy and so on.

Trump is no Churchill when it comes to orating but you can tell that what he said came from the heart and he's serious about winning this campaign. Actually, I think he's rather taken aback that this campaign has caught fire so fast, but I think his ego prevents him from turning back now.

37 posted on 07/12/2015 1:00:53 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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