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Good read. Some of you may know, we have a misogynist troll that usually hits HOF sooner rather than later. It may a sock, or a small group, or a single, determined person-- any number of options. Nonetheless, sooner or later they appear. MIRT is very aware of this troll, and usually finds them quickly.
So I thought this article very apropos
The revelation came about when Mr. Troll left his browser window open after going to work. He leaves horribly mean comments to all kinds of people, wrote the woman.
Theyre filled with racist slurs, awful insults, he tears into fat people, ugly people, etc. He loves to troll around places like /r/progresspics to discourage people, etc. Hes sent PMs to people to call them names, calls women who post on /r/gonewild sluts and whores and cunts, etc.
I was horrified. Completely horrified. My husband is a nice, gentle man who is supportive and kind. In our 9-year relationship, weve fought three times total. I never thought this is a behavior he would take part in.
But this is something else. It made me wonder what else he did on the internet, so I looked at the browser history to find him also harassing teenagers on tumblr. Telling them to kill themselves, calling cute girls ugly and fat and stupid, etc. It horrified me to think this was the man who could be raising our daughter with me in a few months.
http://www.themarysue.com/woman-discovers-husband-is-internet-troll/
hlthe2b
(107,611 posts)He sounds like a real sociopath (or extreme teabagger)
boston bean
(36,650 posts)What a cowardly piece of mean, awful shit.
ismnotwasm
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What gets me is his apparent "normalcy" Creeps me out. Mr. Normal acting like a internet psychopath
boston bean
(36,650 posts)Because he thinks he isn't acting as his real self, no one else is either.
Fucking creep the guy is and I would feel so disgusted and lose all respect for someone like that. I wouldn't be able to live with myself, knowingly having someone like that in my life.
I can see why it would be a crisis for their marriage.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)He may just be doing it because people on the internet can't do anything back to him. Which doesn't bode well for his wife.
boston bean
(36,650 posts)But I will agree with your larger point that his wife is in trouble being married to him. But my point stands.
Arkansas Granny
(31,908 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,531 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Last edited Wed Aug 6, 2014, 08:03 PM - Edit history (1)
her pay for it dearly. She's in hell now. Hope she can get away.That type of troll cannot be repaired. It will come out in real life. The rest of what she believed were the scams of a sociopath.
Hope she's not financially dependent on him, as it is the very first weapon of choice for abusers with their wives and children. And he will insist on visitation rights, you can be sure of that.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)I agree with everything you've said.
Also, one thing my wife pointed out -- now that she knows about this activity and does nothing to stop it, she could be considered an accessory if his trolling leads to a crime that could be prosecuted.
ismnotwasm
(42,531 posts)And I agree, his duplicitous nature will come out, or perhaps, his real nature.
mountain grammy
(27,483 posts)BainsBane
(55,404 posts)It begs the question of what is the real person: their online or internet persona? In this group we deal a lot with misogyny, but you never know how people are in real life. I've sometimes wondered if people we think are great online might not be offline.
ismnotwasm
(42,531 posts)I wonder how many people I think are disgusting creeps on-line are probably ok off-line
With currently one glaring exception:doubt I'd change my mind about that one.
BainsBane
(55,404 posts)or what they think. (I'm dying to know who the one is. )
ismnotwasm
(42,531 posts)redqueen
(115,177 posts)I can't control my curiosity
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)There are a few guys like that, who manage to create a *perfect* cover of the supposedly loving and honorable father, husband, boyfriend, etc.....but if you catch them at just the right moment, it turns out they've got some skeletons in the closet.
And even if this guy may be genuinely decent towards his loved ones, it still doesn't make up for all the people he's hurt. One can only hope that he could someday turn over a new leaf.....
BainsBane
(55,404 posts)People thought he was a great guy when in fact he was as stone-cold sociopath.
Now Joe, if you post in here you can't go around trashing HOF in the main forums.
Ed Suspicious
(8,879 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,531 posts)ReRe
(11,109 posts).... I don't know how marriages last until children can even be born, much less raised and off on their own as well-adjusted adults.
Do you all really want to know what I surmise is going on in that relationship?
BainsBane
(55,404 posts)ReRe
(11,109 posts)... the hubby is a either a full-blown or closet sadist (because we have no idea what he does away from home.) Let's just assume he's the closet sadist.
He gets off (sexually) on talking to others like that, probably mostly women. The end.
mercuryblues
(15,386 posts)she complaining? In America somewhere a husband is beating he wife to death. But even that is not worth complaining about, because somewhere a husband is and killing his wife in front of their children.
I mean why should she be taken seriously over her "minor" brush with an asshole when there are much worse assholes out there. Some in other countries. Women in the US have no right to complain because women in other countries have it so much worse.
To the ones that use this line of thinking as a way to justify your minimization of woman's issues - you sound as stupid and ridiculous as what I posted above.
redqueen
(115,177 posts)Too bad she's already married to him.