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In this task, you are given a public comment from online platforms. You are expected to classify the comment into two classes: insult and non-insult. Insult is any lanugage or act that is disrespectful or scornfully abusive.
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Comment: That the victim 'deserved' killing is not a viable argument in Oregon.   

H. L Mencken's position regarding government officials does have some followers, though.

"I propose that it shall be no longer malum in se for a citizen to pummel, cowhide, kick, gouge, cut, wound, bruise, maim, burn, club, bastinado, flay, or even lynch a [government] jobholder, and that it shall be malum prohibitum only to the extent that the punishment exceeds the jobholder’s deserts. The amount of this excess, if any, may be determined very conveniently by a petit jury, as other questions of guilt are now determined."

"If it decides that the jobholder deserves the punishment inflicted upon him, the citizen who inflicted it is acquitted with honor."

There are governmental job and office holders.....
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Non-insult


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Comment: There actually is some relevant and thoughtful policy up for debate in the CPC leadership race (Raitt, Chong, O'Toole, Scheer), but the media is too busy creating new headlines every time O'Leary opens his mouth.
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Non-insult


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Comment: There_is_no_war_without_the_knowledge_of_evil_(blame)_or_murder_(Cain).
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Non-insult