Ted Rall for March 29, 2010
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Someone posts something bad/wrong/libelous about someone/ something you care about online. How should you react? If you don't reply, millions of peope will think it's true. But if you argue, you get reduced to the level of the initial poster. You will convice no one. People will think you're evil. (Man: What?!? They're callin' me names! Well, I'll call them meaner names!) Internet rule #36: The first asshole always win.
Good one, Ted. Any time I read a bunch of comments and a couple of people start arguing with each other, I just quit reading and go somewhere else…