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A '''concern troll''' is a charlatan who insincerely invokes professed concern about an issue, whether genuine or not, with the aim of exploiting it to propagate fallacious attacks on their opponents. Concern trolls claim to advocate particular causes they actually oppose or have no interest in for the purpose of appearing righteous.
A '''concern troll''' is a [[charlatan]], usually on the [[Internet]], who insincerely invokes professed concern about an issue, whether genuine or not, with the aim of exploiting it to propagate fallacious attacks against their opponents. Concern trolls claim to advocate particular causes they actually oppose or have no interest in for the purpose of appearing righteous.
A classic example of concern trolling is when leftists advocate higher taxes on the wealthy, claiming they are compassionate towards the needs of the poor, yet they are known for comparably less levels of charitable giving than their conservative counterparts, who they ironically claim to "lack compassion." Studies consistently demonstrate that conservatives contribute more to charity than liberals,<ref>The Examiner (February 18, 2008). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/who-gives-more-to-charitable-causes-conservatives-or-liberals Who gives more to charitable causes, conservatives or liberals?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.</ref><ref>Yang, Yongzheng; Liu, Peixu (June 16, 2021). [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34429211/ Are conservatives more charitable than liberals in the U.S.? A meta-analysis of political ideology and charitable giving]. ''National Library of Medicine''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.</ref>
==Examples==
A classic example of concern trolling is when leftists advocate higher taxes on the wealthy, claiming they are compassionate towards the needs of the poor, despite themselves being known for comparably less levels of charitable giving than their conservative counterparts, who they ironically claim to "lack compassion." (studies consistently demonstrate that conservatives contribute more to charity than liberals<ref>The Examiner (February 18, 2008). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/who-gives-more-to-charitable-causes-conservatives-or-liberals Who gives more to charitable causes, conservatives or liberals?] ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.</ref><ref>Yang, Yongzheng; Liu, Peixu (June 16, 2021). [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34429211/ Are conservatives more charitable than liberals in the U.S.? A meta-analysis of political ideology and charitable giving]. ''National Library of Medicine''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.</ref>) Other examples include:
* anti-Zionist propaganda smear campaigns against Israel, claiming to advocate on behalf of killed Palestinian children, while ignoring or denying numerous examples of extremist Palestinian authorities using human shields
* claiming to support "gay rights" while obliviously ignoring vicious Palestinian persecution of homosexuals
* accusing conservatives (and their policies) of antiblack racism by using cherry-picked strawman fallacies, ignoring the overt devastation caused by abortion and welfare
* accusing the political right of being responsible for antisemitism while turning a blind eye to, or even justifying, instances of new antisemitic propaganda by [[Ilhan Omar]] or [[Rashida Tlaib]],<ref group="primary ref">Beauchamp, Zach (March 6, 2019). [https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/6/18251639/ilhan-omar-israel-anti-semitism-jews The Ilhan Omar anti-Semitism controversy, explained]. ''Vox''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.</ref> who are known for propagating anti-Israel conspiracy theories and even [[blood libel]]<ref>Multiple references:
*Jewish Press News Desk (January 25, 2020). [https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/rashida-tlaib-retweets-blood-libel-against-jerusalem-jews/2020/01/25/ Rashida Tlaib Retweets Blood Libel Against Israeli Jews]. ''The Jewish Press''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
*Kerstein, Benjamin (January 26, 2020). [https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/01/26/rashida-tlaib-accused-of-spreading-blood-libel-after-tweeting-deleting-story-claiming-jews-killed-palestinian-child/ Rashida Tlaib Accused of Spreading ‘Vicious Blood Libel’ After Tweeting, Deleting Claim Jews Killed Palestinian Child]. ''Algemeiner''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
*Kliegman, Aaron (January 29, 2020). [https://nypost.com/2020/01/29/rep-rashida-tlaib-still-hasnt-apologized-for-pushing-a-blood-libel-against-jews/ Rep. Rashida Tlaib still hasn’t apologized for pushing a blood libel against Jews]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.</ref>
* comparing [[Donald Trump]] and right-wingers to the [[Ku Klux Klan]]<ref group="primary ref">Baker, Kelly J. (March 12, 2016). [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/donald-trump-kkk/473190/ Make America White Again?] ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.</ref> while defending [[Margaret Sanger]] in spite of her ''actual'' connections to the KKK<ref group="primary ref">Numerous articles by left-wing propaganda outlet [[PolitiFact]] purportedly "fact-check" statements by conservatives, especially black individuals who denounce Sanger for her past Klan connections. For example, in a post on [https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/10/peggy-hubbard/founder-planned-parenthood-did-not-refer-black-wom/ May 10, 2022], PolitiFact admits the factual reality of Sanger's speech to the Klan and ''explicitly downplays it'' as supposedly irrelevant.</ref>
* claiming that white supremacist [[David Duke]] endorsing Trump is significant, while dismissing [[Richard Spencer]]'s endorsement of [[Joe Biden]] as irrelevant and trivial
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Another type of concern troll is a liberal who goes onto comment boards and pretends "concern" for the United States, its Constitution and its values (all of which he actually hates) by attacking patriotic conservatives with intentionally misleading comments and false accusations, such as "Why do you hate America?", intended to [[liberal deceit|deceitfully]] paint the patriotic conservative as "[[anti-American]]" when it is really the concern troll, with his support for all things opposed to America and its values (e.g. support for Communist China and neo-Nazi Ukraine, support for abortion, support for [and simultaneous denial of] vote fraud, support for illegal immigration and open borders, support for the LGBTQ agenda, support for Islam [coupled with opposition to Christianity and Judaism], support for the use of untested and unproven mRNA gene therapy drugs masquerading as CCP flu "vaccines" for political reasons rather than health reasons, etc.) while pretending otherwise, who is the actual anti-American.
Another type of concern troll is a liberal who goes onto comment boards and pretends "concern" for the United States, its Constitution and its values (all of which he actually hates) by attacking patriotic conservatives with intentionally misleading comments and false accusations, such as "Why do you hate America?", intended to [[liberal deceit|deceitfully]] paint the patriotic conservative as "[[anti-American]]" when it is really the concern troll, with his support for all things opposed to America and its values (e.g. support for Communist China and neo-Nazi Ukraine, support for abortion, support for [and simultaneous denial of] vote fraud, support for illegal immigration and open borders, support for the LGBTQ agenda, support for Islam [coupled with opposition to Christianity and Judaism], support for the use of untested and unproven mRNA gene therapy drugs masquerading as CCP flu "vaccines" for political reasons rather than health reasons, etc.) while pretending otherwise, who is the actual anti-American.
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==Judas Iscariot==
===Judas Iscariot===
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According to the [[Gospel of John]] about Jesus's anointing by [[Mary Magdalene]] at [[Bethany]]:<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2012:1-8&version=ESV John 12:1–8]. ''Bible Gateway''.</ref>
According to the [[Gospel of John]] about Jesus's anointing by [[Mary Magdalene]] at [[Bethany]]:<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%2012:1-8&version=ESV John 12:1–8]. ''Bible Gateway''.</ref>
According to [[Seventh-day Adventist]] preacher and pastor Doug Batchelor in a sermon on March 20, 2021, Judas Iscariot, the Apostle who would betray Jesus, was exposed of his sinister nature to a greater extent in John's Gospel than the [[Synoptic Gospels]], attributable to greater disdain towards him by [[John the Apostle]].<ref>Doug Batchelor (March 20, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxPUfh23otA Judas Iscariot - Apostle of Infamy With Pastor Doug Batchelor]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.</ref> Judas, a thief, did not care for the poor, and being in charge of managing the Apostles' financial matters, posed a guise of concern in the hopes of being able to steal more money for himself.
According to [[Seventh-day Adventist]] preacher and pastor Doug Batchelor in a sermon on March 20, 2021, Judas Iscariot, the Apostle who would betray Jesus, was exposed of his sinister nature to a greater extent in John's Gospel than the [[Synoptic Gospels]], attributable to greater disdain towards him by [[John the Apostle]].<ref>Doug Batchelor (March 20, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxPUfh23otA Judas Iscariot - Apostle of Infamy With Pastor Doug Batchelor]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 8, 2023.</ref> Judas, a thief, did not care for the poor, and being in charge of managing the Apostles' financial matters, posed a guise of concern in the hopes of being able to steal more money for himself.
==See also==
*[[Liberal hypocrisy]]
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