TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a public comment from online platforms. You are expected to classify the comment into two classes: threat and non-threat. Threat is a statement that someone will be hurt or harmed, especially if the person does not do something in particular.
PROBLEM: Comment: I think you misspoke ...didn't you mean that President Obama was a joke? You are welcome to miss this clown if you want but for the rest of us we are excited about  finally having someone with some executive experience who wants to put America first in the white house ... Thankfully the joke is almost over

SOLUTION: Non-threat

PROBLEM: Comment: While Angela Merkel is bent over in that picture, someone needs to kick her in the ass; hard.

SOLUTION: Threat

PROBLEM: Comment: I am a M Ed. student at OISE. The rhetoric of "white privilege," is protected by a class-wide group-think anger, should one dare question it. I doubt that there is any other institution in Ontario as racist.

SOLUTION:
Non-threat