If you were on Usenet for long in the 90s, you developed your own way of answering this question.
My answer to cope with this is that there may be many different rationalizations in the mind(s) of the attacker(s), or none at all. It is impossible to understand the psychology of trolls. Well, maybe not impossible, but certainly not worth the effort. They are basically noxious pests, like cockroaches in a restaurant or wasps at a barbecue.
My answer to cope with this is that there may be many different rationalizations in the mind(s) of the attacker(s), or none at all. It is impossible to understand the psychology of trolls. Well, maybe not impossible, but certainly not worth the effort. They are basically noxious pests, like cockroaches in a restaurant or wasps at a barbecue.