We have a new class of trolls that have popped their heads up in the last month, almost always in the diaries on women's issues. Their message sounds very much like those of the 911 truthers, the Chemtrails conspirators, and not as potentially plausible as the "small number of elite corporatist oligarchs" who are currently running the world.
In short:
There is a vast conspiracy of women, who have turned the judicial system into one which automatically gives women precedence, are determined to put up the false premise that rape and sexual molestation of women is a more serious matter than it possibly ever could be, and worse yet, expects men to think about what they're saying and not just pout in a corner.
We've HR'd the for DBAD, we've HR'd the insults, we've HR'd the threadjacking. We've even, sometimes (many times!) spent enormous amounts of time and energy trying to explain the reality, referencing legitimate statistics, etc., etc.
What we haven't done is what would be, in fact, the simplest way to combat the influx - note that it's an extraordinary claim that has not had much, if any, proof offered, and HR for CT.
Please, Markos, a word from you would be all it would take to let us screen out the worst offenders, whether fresh-faced trolls or long term users who aren't comfortable with women's voices being raised strongly enough to make change happen.
Please, let us add this to the roster of obvious, and non-admissible, CT.
Oops - for those unfamiliar with the acronyms:
CT - Conspiracy Theory
HR - Hide Rate - available to Trusted Users (TUs)
7:59 AM PT: Alas, there will be no easy fix for this. Probably a good idea, too. See Markos' comments here http://www.dailykos.com/...