[HIB]Scapegoatse: A troll in deep trouble

"There's nothing you can do about it, ever, no matter how hard you try, no matter who you contact. You're just a failure of life, accept it. You've been trolled, you've lost, have a nice day." This quote, taken from a 2007 YouTube clip, shows Andrew Auernheimer at his most menacing. He's sitting in a dark room, his face illuminated by the computer screen, relishing in a victory over some unsuspecting web user. Over the past few years, Auernheimer has established himself as one of the world's most accomplished "trolls" — people who deliberately lie or mislead in an attempt to provoke a response. He's masqueraded as an anti-Semitic preacher, a millionaire hacker and an anti-child porn activist, and has used his influence to strike fear into the hearts of countless internet denizens. He's recreated his identity to suit his purposes on several occasions, using names like Escher Auernheimer, Andrew Austerlitz, and Andrew Wbeelsoi — an anagram for "web o lies". Earlier this year he even trolled us, claiming he was a 42-year-old Swiss industrial engineer for an interview about the merits of online censorship.

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