Tag: Trolls

Maintenance: Guest Disqus Comments Have Been Turned Off – For Now

December 12, 2022December 11, 2022

by Skip

You can thank someone acting trollish. After warning about the behavior, I had to delete comments and accounts. Since the troll decided to rotate through guest accounts, I’ve turned off that privilege. To re-acquaint people with our few rules: As LaShawn Barber says, “On this blog, your speech is a privilege. On your blog, your speech is … Read more

This article is © 2021 Granite Grok

July 18, 2021

by Burt Janz

The editors of Granite Grok claim to have been attacked by “copyright trolls”: individuals who believe they alone have the power and authority to file a lawsuit when any copyrighted materials – specifically any images – appear anywhere on any of the Granit Grok pages.

Twitter Trolls, Hackers, and Snowflakes, Oh My!

May 3, 2021June 15, 2020

by Steve MacDonald

Last week was exciting. Someone created a Twitter account to point out how pathetic ‘Grok’s Twitter engagement was. We were in jail for a year so it’s not great. Theirs was worse, which I pointed out, but they insisted on claiming that GraniteGrok had no reach so I shared this and ruined their day.

May 4th GrokTALK! Segment One – Skip, Steve, Susan…

September 26, 2018May 6, 2013

by Steve MacDonald

Here’s segment one of the May 4, 2013 Grok-a-Saurus, Grok-a-Topia, GrokTastic, Grok-a-Palooza. In the first segment Skip and Steve are joined by GrokBlogger (Grokster) Susan Olsen. Some of the topics include Plan B, Stella Tremblay, Erica Lafferty, Kermit Gosnell, Trolls wishing death upon you and your family, Donuts, grand-kids as petri dishes and more. Segment … Read more

Bullet To The Head Of The NRA: A Little Perspective

September 26, 2018January 17, 2013

by Rick Olson

“The coward only threatens when he is safe.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I am a bit intrigued, I must confess. An on line game emerged called, ‘Bullet to the Head of the NRA’ Depicted in the game is an interactive where the gamer can shoot NRA President David A. Keene. The game is very graphic…and people are outraged… Just not me….I couldn’t care a fig. But the whole notion of violence by a lefty! Yeah, not so much.

Seriously. How much of a threat is a person, who hides behind a