Josh Androsky trolls GOP candidates online for the greater good
Can online trolling ever be used to bring about positive social change in America? It sounds paradoxical, but that’s exactly what comedian Josh Androsky, an inveterate internet troublemaker, is attempting to do. In a new, Comedy Central-backed video called “Trolling For Greatness,” he spells out his unique strategy. After ranting a bit about the current, largely distressing crop of GOP presidential candidates, Androsky asks, “Don’t you wish you could turn their bullshit back on then and, I don’t know, maybe help some of the of the people they’re trampling on along the way?” Recently, through his belligerently named @ShutUpAndrosky Twitter account, Androsky tried without success to get Texas senator Ted Cruz to block him on the social media service. Though Cruz ultimately didn’t rise to the bait, Androsky did manage to raise money along the way for Planned Parenthood, which has become a political lightning rod of late.