fandomhigh | Public Speaking [Tuesday, April 2, 1st period]

Today the students would find computers on each of their desks as they arrived. "Morning," Josh said, clinging to his coffee with more than his usual devotion. "Granted, public speaking is normally out in front of people, sometimes with cameras, but being a public figure extends to all aspects of communication. Today we're going to talk about a very dark, terrifying place: the comment section of a news article. I've learned--" the hard way because Josh was a little bit argumentative in all facets of his life, "not to engage with the crazy, or at least not to engage under your own name. Today you're going to learn your way around a flame war. Actual flames should not be involved, but I will be grading for grammar and punctuation because by God, someone has to."

Each screen opened up onto a news story about President Obama's work with Congress on the federal budget, and an initial comment:

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH OUR CHILDREN'S MONEY?! WHEN YOU SPREAD THE WHEALTH YOU SPRAD THE MISERY SHAME ON YOU THE US WILL NOT TOREATE A SOCIALIST STATE.

Josh rolled his eyes. "You can start how to spell 'wealth' and 'spread' and what socialism actually is...And when you're done teaching this guy a lesson, Gertrude Yorkes is our press secretary today."

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I will give you five dollars if you learn to use spell check. You're concerned about money, I'm concerned about what your inability to communicate like a human being is doing to the IQ of everyone who reads your poorly-written crazy-talk. We can manage a fair trade here. Work with me, buddy.

Jessica felt a little better after that. Not much. But a tiny bit.

So much for the right of free speech. But in the liberal’s weak and feeble minds, free speech only applies if you agree with the liberal’s point of view. If so, then yes free speech applies, otherwise it doesn’t.

OH NO UR ONTO US! OUR SEKRIT PLAN IS ROONED!

Arietty had no idea what she was doing? But it was kind of fun.

I KNEW IT!!!!!!111!!

Actually, the previous poster was exercising their right of free speech too. Isn't it nice how that works? :) Everyone gets an opinion!

It was possible Minako was a natural-born troll.

But there opinion is stupid. And so is yours, commie liberal socialist fascist.

I can assure you, I did not vote commie, liberal, socialist, or fascist in the last election. Because, um, she couldn't vote in America. DUH.

GOOD WE DONT NEED YOU RUINING THE COUNTRY MOER.

But if I didn't vote the way you thought I did, how do you know I'm ruining the country at all?

I CAN JUST TELL. I CAN READ MINDS.

Seriously? Over the computer? Neat trick.

They were in Fandom. You could never tell.

trumerican: Liberals need to learn when to shut up.

Jessica saw other people stand up for her just to get trolled in return, so she was going straight to trolling back.

I would advise you to look back and find an example of my trying to silence the OP, but the fact that you missed it once means that you either can't or won't actually read it. Frankly, I'm inclined to believe that it's 'can't' and that you are actually a chimpanzee trying in vain to write the complete works of Shakespeare. And so I must credit you, good sir Bobo, for managing complete and nearly grammatical sentences. But I fear I must inform you that you're not even close to anything the Bard ever wrote.

Or I would fear that if you weren't a chimp who can't read this anyway. Ooook oook, buddy.

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