One type of troll we see all the time at LGF is known as a “moby,” after the pop star Moby—who publicly advocated posting “false flag” comments at right wing web sites, posing as extremist nut jobs, in order to discredit those sites.

But this deceptive practice can actually be dangerous for the moby. In Milwaukee, a teacher pretending to be a whacked-out teacher-hater at a conservative blog was not only caught and suspended from his job, but arrested.

Which seems a bit extreme itself.

West Bend - As readers of a conservative blog debated the subject of teacher salaries, a writer using the pseudonym “Observer” weighed in.

The West Bend teachers’ salaries made him sick, the person wrote, adding that the 1999 Columbine High School killers had the right idea.

“They knew how to deal with the overpaid teacher union thugs. One shot at a time! Too bad the liberls (sic) rip them; they were heros (sic) and should be remembered that way,” the writer said.

But police say the writer was a teacher himself - and the past president of a teachers union - apparently posing as a teacher-hater.

James Buss was arrested Thursday by West Bend police, and the 46-year-old Cudahy man could face criminal charges. He has been suspended from his job as a teacher at Oak Creek High School.

Let this be a warning to all LGF mobies. You know who you are. (Stern look.)

(Hat tip: Jawa Report.)

UPDATE at 12/4/07 1:14:37 pm:

Here’s the full story at Owen Robinson’s blog, where the moby struck: Boots & Sabers - B&S Commenter Arrested.