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I'm inspired by people's stupidity: Israel's super troll

January 9, 2016 10:30
Dafni Gafni as she appears on her Facebook page

By

Josh Jackman,

Josh Jackman

1 min read

Internet trolls have a bad name. But while they are best known for abuse and threats, one Israeli woman shows they can have a good side.

With her tongue firmly in her cheek, Tel Aviv comedian Dafni Gafni (not her real name) has wreaked havoc on the Facebook pages of the famous and the infamous alike.

Her targets have included the Pope, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Santa Klaus, Greenpeace and former Pink Floyd guitarist Roger Waters, on whose web pages she has left faux-sincere messages designed to rile their fans.

When it came to the BDS movement, she pretended to confuse the group with sexual fetish category BDSM, writing: "I bought my boyfriend a top of the line BDS f---ing machine for his birthday, and we just tried it out for the very first time.