However, the term troll has also been used by other trolls and/or thin-skinned people to refer to anyone who disagrees or in any way insinuates the fallibility of their opinions.
Yes, there's a lot of that around. It's sort of an extension of Godwin's Law. The first person who calls another person a troll automatically loses the argument.
Perhaps we should just ban the forums and be done with it.
Perhaps the people who don't like what's in the forums should just stop reading them.