re: #369 iceweasel

I dunno, Ice. I came in and noticed the deleted posts, was able to glean something from quotes within other posts.

What I see, sometimes — and, of course, feel free to attach whatever weight you believe my observation might have — is what I consider a sometimes surprising willingness to NOT leap to the troll conclusion right away. Bear in mind, my opinion is based on less than a year’s steady observation here. My own shit detector and lack of patience for idiots, particularly aggressive ones, leads me to leap to that conclusion the minute I see a configuration of words that has that particular trollaraoma. Depending on the specific nature of the comment, I’ll often downding reflexively; if things go south, I’ll report.

I find there to be a perhaps less-than-justified willingness to accept these folks at face value at first, which is in general an admirable trait. But I also suspect there might be some who extend the friendly hand in the “give ‘em enough rope” philosophy, to get them to expose the ugliest part of their body. (FZ reference.)

Most times, though, the Negatives have been excised by the time I start reading.