re: #203 klys

The plus side is: I get to appreciate all the fantastic folk who hang out here on a regular basis and enjoy their wit, sarcasm, occasional Photoshop and lolcats, and in general application of critical thinking to political issues. Not that it doesn’t happen without the troll, but the the troll is a reminder of just how abysmal the average level of discourse on the Internet can be.

True. But I think there is still an appreciable opportunity cost involved. A lot of the trolls that show up could be represented by a RW talking point Eliza program. They are that predictable, and that unresponsive to any sort of logical/rational discussion.