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user-inactivated  ·  3200 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pondering the nature of hostile vs positive commenters

Ah, but trolls have existed throughout the span of time, and will probably continue far after our small epoch in history ceases to exist. https://www.quora.com/Who-were-some-of-historys-greatest-trolls

A quote from self-professed troll Alan Sokal that cracks me up:

    "Just as liberal feminists are frequently content with a minimal agenda of legal and social equality for women and 'pro-choice', so liberal (and even some socialist) mathemeticians are often content to work within the hegemonic Zermelo-Fraenkel framework (which, reflecting its ninteteenth-century liberal origins, already incorporates the axiom of equality) supplemented only by the axiom of choice."

There's also Loki, the Trickster: http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/enigmatic-loki-trickster-among-gods-norse-mythology-002484