User:Woozle/Google+/users

This subpage is for notes on the community in Google+.

See also /protest for my protest against the Common Names policy.

Issue Idealogues

• Adam Kenigsberg:
  • 2012-07-03 - doesn't like atheists or liberals; repeatedly calls me "miz" and "miss" as if he thinks he's scoring points (how common is this?) (may also be one or two other problematic users in that thread)
• Andrew Andrews: skilled GW denialist
  • 2012-02-15
• Jacques Dupuis - actually does seem to have nuanced views, but seems to express them in ways that sound worse than they are.
  • 2012-03-22 - anti-DoE?
  • 2012-07-01 - Penn Jillette quote
• Jim Richardson
  • 2012-04-25 global warming denial
  • 2012-04-29 compares right's treatment of Rachel Maddow with left's treatment of Sarah Palin
  • 2012-04-29 defender of the rich
• Ryder Spearmann
  • 2012-04-13 anti-Obamacare trolling

Possible Trolls

• Acquistare Disegno -- see this thread.
  • 2011-10-30: his account is now named "Pin Up Bot"
• Jim Morris -- has twice deleted offending comments after being identified, so save copies (preferably both screencap and text) of what he says first.
• /Dan Baker
• KC King
  • 2012-03-22
• Thomas Bushnell is reportedly a Google employee who essentially trolls any discussion of naming policy; see comment on this post (1 report only).
• Craig Eddy: anti-Occupy movement, uses only flat emotionally-based statements
  • https://plus.google.com/u/0/108404515213153345305/posts/5NcA7r3f2rx
• John Scott
  • emotional manipulation in this thread: https://plus.google.com/u/0/102227800261183349957/posts/ESTe25TsYs6
• Arthur Gwynne
  • https://plus.google.com/104029794170508855321/posts/DvY5T47cbdz - serious, or trolling?

Immune to Reason

• Gord Birch
  • 2012-12-29 Claims he doesn't need to provide evidence
• Jay Maynard makes me grind my teeth on some issues, while on others he is quite reasonable
  • In this thread, Tony Sidaway describes him as "a professional noisemaker with nothing sensible to say on any topic", which seems reasonable.
  • in this thread, he seems to be representing the views of the Foxagandized Masses; David Gerard says "Jay is not a troll, but believes every word he writes." -- but then clarifies "I didn't say he wasn't immune to reason. That's quite different from sincerity or not."
  • in this thread he refers to the New York Times as "Pravda on the Hudson"
  • https://plus.google.com/u/0/111502940353406919728/posts/5wgdgTyJU2Y
  • in this thread, he gives a hint about his background
• Catherine Fitzpatrick: might sincerely believe what she says, but likes to cherry-pick and distort. Shava Nerad knows her IRL.
  • wikipedia:Catherine A. Fitzpatrick seems to be the same person, though there is no direct confirmation.
  • dialogues:
    • Dylan Ratigan loses it
    • Naomi Wolf arrested: claims Wolf is a provocateur and OWS are Bolsheviks
• Aaron Cole: insists that journalists must be objective and "report news, not make it"
  • Caitlin Currin fired over brief #OWS participation
• Gareth Baker
  • Texas Judge Beats Daughter, And I'm So Glad She Taped It: comes in with what seems like an understandable viewpoint, but then ignores and mischaracterizes counterarguments
• graham mewburn
  • e.g. - anti-evolution
• Marcin Ciszewicz (male, despite avatar): free-market cheerleader
  • minor example; there are better ones

Keep an Eye On

• Lance Norris (still active as of 2012-04-26)
  • from this thread: "given a choice between he two, I'll go with the Right. Reagan added millions more jobs than Obama has without spending us into oblivion. The current Republican bills calling for lower taxes and other business incentives have been proven more than once. Obama's stimulus? Thanks to the Democrats we have more debt than at any other time in history and the job growth it was suppose to create still hasn't occurred." When asked for evidence, said he would provide it but was taking an ill relative to the hospital, "stay tuned".
• Jim Clark - account not found as of 2012-04-26
  • In this thread, Rugger Ducky thinks he's trolling.

Regional Sympathizers

Sympathetic types whose general location is known -- might be able to fact-check:

• Charlie Harris - Arizona [1]