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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: 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.
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Comment: I'm sure it makes not a picayune difference to some folks, but OJ WAS acquitted of the murders wasn't he? Should we all look for the nearest sour apple tree and break out the hangman's noose whenever a jury's decision isn't to our liking? And at last glance, at least 66% of African Americans still agreed with, if not applaud, the verdict.
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Non-threat

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Comment: Of your list I would pick Iraq's non-existent 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' which was a failure of the MSM to expose the lie even though there was well-known evidence to the contrary including the testimony of the U.N.'s Hans Blix and expatriate Iraqi scientists. The other items on your list are not subject to MSM fake news.
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Non-threat

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Comment: Good column George. For those of us who cheered Gorbachev's democratic reforms and anguished over Putin's authoritarian takeover, Trump's admiration for Putin is repugnant.
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Non-threat