Fark, Trolls, and Snakes on a Plane

If you bother reading though this Fark thread on Snakes on a Plane you will see that there a couple of what seem to be racial trolls. Pretending to troll is the best way to get out of being called a particular kind of asshole. What you do is dress up your argument in mildly absurd hyperbole and then people will wonder if you actually meant it or are just trying to get attention. Pedophiles, misogynists, antisemites, jingoists, and cowards from a variety of objectionable schools of thought use this tactic.

If you have such little faith in your ability to persuade, then why say anything? if you don't have the balls to fight for what you believe then why advertise that fact?

It's passive-aggressive. It's how you get out of confrontation you don't have the stomach for it. You feel you have accomplished something by merely stating your argument, even if your timidity says everything about the argument itself.

Snakes on a Plane is a fad that will die the minute it gets popular enough. It's the latest fat-kid-with-a-light-saber, lacking the eternal inherent fascinatingness of a tubgirl or goatse.

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