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Internet trolls often employ mockery and atheists have a history of engaging in mockery (see: [[Atheism and mockery]]). In his article, ''Mockery - the M.O. for atheists'', [[Matt Barber]] discusses an incident in which the [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]] encouraged atheists to engage in tactics which Barber considers to be acts of hateful mockery.<ref>[http://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/matt-barber/2014/05/08/mockery-the-mo-for-atheists ''Mockery - the M.O. for atheists''] by [[Matt Barber]]</ref>
Internet trolls often employ mockery and atheists have a history of engaging in mockery (see: [[Atheism and mockery]]). In his article, ''Mockery - the M.O. for atheists'', [[Matt Barber]] discusses an incident in which the [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]] encouraged atheists to engage in tactics which Barber considers to be acts of hateful mockery.<ref>[http://onenewsnow.com/perspectives/matt-barber/2014/05/08/mockery-the-mo-for-atheists ''Mockery - the M.O. for atheists''] by [[Matt Barber]]</ref>
== Atheist trolls and abnormal psychological makeup ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and sadism]] and [[Atheism and psychopathy]] and [[Atheism and mental illness]]
The abstract for the journal article ''Trolls just want to have fun'' published in the journal ''Personality and Individual Differences'' indicates:
{{Cquote|In two online studies (total N = 1215), respondents completed personality inventories and a survey of their Internet commenting styles. Overall, strong positive associations emerged among online commenting frequency, trolling enjoyment, and troll identity, pointing to a common construct underlying the measures. Both studies revealed similar patterns of relations between trolling and the Dark Tetrad of personality: trolling correlated positively with [[sadism]], [[psychopathy]], and [[Machiavellianism]], using both enjoyment ratings and identity scores. Of all personality measures, sadism showed the most robust associations with trolling and, importantly, the relationship was specific to trolling behavior. Enjoyment of other online activities, such as chatting and debating, was unrelated to sadism. Thus cyber-trolling appears to be an Internet manifestation of everyday sadism.<ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886914000324 ''Personality and Individual Differences'', Volume 67, September 2014, Pages 97-102]</ref>}}
== Vox Day on dealing with aggressive atheists online ==
== Vox Day on dealing with aggressive atheists online ==