The title does not refer to the recent revival of that little doll, or the imaginary
critter that supposedly lives under a bridge and demands a toll, but the spirit in
people that seems to take pleasure in causing pain in others. The discriminating
troll tries to disguise that as constructive critterism, yet often gleefully ( in a single
word) will devastate a lifetime of effort, or the less discriminating will attempt
simply to find fault in something. The result is the same, creating the illusion of
lack; that something is wrong or missing, and the implication is that is somehow a
contribution. Improvement by contempt is usually the only finding, the only real
effort is creating a flaw whether there is one or not, even if it is just “ I don’t like
that.” No real discernment, just the expression of negative impression.
We don’t necessarily know why we don’t, but we know we don’t, and a troll won’t
have any problem at all saying that.