I frequently came across rage-fantasy posts that have approximately the following meaning: “I’ll scare, humiliate, hurt and kill, and/or I’ll become the biggest baddest scariest man out there.” Well those are some nice plot lines to fantasize when you’re raging helplessly and you know deep down that there is nothing, not a thing, that you can do. The irony is, those post get so many “rage vs. rage” answers along the lines of, “kill yourself, you’re crazy, die, etc” that really mean “I’m scared and angry and I will try to chastise you out of doing it.” And I’m sure that those trolls get off on this negative attention. Now I’m wondering, what really hurts them?
-Above mentioned rage vs. rage?
-Pity?
-People laughing at them, not taking them seriously?
-Silence, if it comes from everyone?
-Support?
-Mockery?
What do you think is the best treatment to make them go away? To make them not do what they threaten in real life? To hurt them? To help them?
2007-08-20 07:04:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The best approach is to let them vent cathartically and be a part of a healthy community so that they can acculturate through exposure and "osmosis" into the mainstream in more balanced ways. It is important not to feed youthful or anti-social "vandalism" and delusions of persecution and such with retaliatory violence. And, primitive polarization paradigms, such as Black vs. White, Woman vs. Men, North of the Border Humans vs. South of the Border Humans, Spanish Speakers vs. English Speakers, Liberals vs. Conservative, etc. should be re-oriented as simply as possible and not sided with one way or another. For example, "Racism is a mental and social disease" is more appropriate than even a reasonable, "MANY blacks have been great scientists." Racists already know that. They feed off the conflict. I don't have many answers about this question, yet. And, I am vulnerable to reaction and defense of an underdog "side". But, I just keep observing and learning, hoping to find better approaches. Excellent question.
2007-08-20 08:57:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Silence.
2007-08-20 14:13:09 · answer #2 · answered by Scoot 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
trolls feed off of controversy and being the center of attention through "shock". They delight when people are offended. to hurt them, is to ignore them and their posts. but that rarely happens.
2007-08-20 14:11:08 · answer #3 · answered by Random Black Woman 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
REMEMBER - They are all hiding behind a facade - A COMPUTER!!!
2007-08-20 14:10:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋