Bashers use questions to create critical thinking, but they...

Bashers use questions to create critical thinking, but they guide the critical thinking toward their own intended conclusion. What is posted ends up not actually being critical thinking on the part of the investor; it just looks like it is.

The investor feels informed but, in reality, the basher has guided the thinking. Bashers try to look nice. They don't lie, use profanity, or resort to name-calling.

Bashers encourage people to call the company, knowing that 99% of them won't ever do so. Instead, all but the most savvy investors will take the basher's word for claims made.

If an investor does call, a smart basher can always find something that is inaccurate in the report of what the company said.

Bashers also discourage people from taking the company's word for anything, saying, "Of course that is what the company is going to claim."