Let’s make sure we’re all discussing the same thing here: I’d say there’s an appreciable difference between ‘The Guy Who Disagrees With Everything’ and your average troll. Note the word ‘articulate’ in the original post. A clued-up Devil’s Advocate is an important way of keeping yourself honest. An annoying idiot (even just the one) is just a quick way of bringing a debate to its knees. Unfortunately, I fear there’s no way to quickly discern which is which....
Let’s make sure we’re all discussing the same thing here: I’d say there’s an appreciable difference between ‘The Guy Who Disagrees With Everything’ and your average troll. Note the word ‘articulate’ in the original post. A clued-up Devil’s Advocate is an important way of keeping yourself honest. An annoying idiot (even just the one) is just a quick way of bringing a debate to its knees. Unfortunately, I fear there’s no way to quickly discern which is which....