Troll Farms Re-Branding as Whistleblowers

Troll farms re-brand themselves as whistleblowers — the ultimate rearchetyping of the attacker as the victim. When a troll farm is exposed, it reframes itself as a persecuted truth-teller. The accusation of “being a troll farm” is treated as proof of being silenced. This is Accusation in a Mirror applied to the accusers: “you’re the real trolls for calling us trolls.”

Source: Trolling and Trolls · Twitter Archive (unique)

Found only in Twitter. The troll-as-whistleblower is the Rearchetyping mechanism at its most recursive: the attacker adopts the archetype of the defender.

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