Thank you for your thoughtful comment.

You disagree with what exactly? I simply wrote what reason a troll would give for the way they behave when trolling. I'm not saying that calling people out on misleading information is a bad thing. But the way that a troll would put it is "I'm just calling you out on your BS" which is a triggering statement to make.

Making a triggering statement is never going to move a reader to consider your POV. A triggering statement is designed to trigger the emotional side of the reader, making it more likely the reader will shut off their logical side. You can call somebody out on their BS without actually saying this. And by not saying this the reader is less likely to become defensive of their bullshit and might even consider your POV.

I wouldn't be proud of trolling tendencies. They are inherently a flaw within ourselves. You have every right and responsibility to defend your opinions. The troll way to do it, is to word things in a way that completely disrespect any views that oppose their own. You will find it harder to reach a person this way.

You may well be somebody who is good at listening to the POV of others, but you can't predict that the person on the other side of the screen is too. This is why I say imagine each person you encounter to be your elderly neighbour or somebody you would not wish to harm with the manner you speak, because we forget that even when we credit ourselves with being more logical than emotional, the person on the other side of the screen is highly likely to react emotionally to triggering phrases such as the ones listed.

I agree that trolling is about intent. But it's not always a conscious intention. It is possible to intend to provoke an emotional reaction from somebody so as to make it more difficult for them to coherently respond with their more logical POV. This is a subconscious way of trying to get the upper hand in an argument. Everybody believes their argument to be the more important or correct one. So we all want the upper hand in defending it.

Some trolls possibly know that they're trolls though. I have never met one to admit it.

I'm sorry I won't be reconsidering my take on this. I don't consider you a troll. I believe there is a little troll in all of us, and to kill the trolls we have to kill the troll within.