It’s hardly news that trolling is in these days. But the rumor floating around is that there may have been some *masterful* trolling regarding the Kavenaugh confirmation… that one of the supposed accusers being promoted by anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenetti was a troll from 4chan, and that’s why Avenetti’s twitter has been locked down.
Can this troll-theory be proven? Nope, not at this time. But then, neither can 35-year-old accusations of improper behavior that nobody but the accuser saw. Note: distinctly NSFW language in the screenshot from 4chan.
Yo @MichaelAvenatti #Basta #Bastardo #BOFA pic.twitter.com/HXVhwREBAi
— Jay Trollstein II (@JayTrollsteinII) September 25, 2018
I personally wouldn’t trust *anything* from 4chan. But then, I wouldn’t trust anything from political operatives and publicity-hounds, either… but *those* schmucks can shape the future and trash careers and families with just a sentence or two.
So I guess it may come down to – what’s more likely: that a guy that everyone who verifiably knows him claims is a decent feller behaved in a distinctly non-decent fashion multiple times, or that trolls who everyone knows love to troll did some trolling?
As previously noted, we now live in a world where accusation = conviction, that it is up to the accused to prove their innocence. So… does this also apply to random claims on the internet? If so…
