Reason 5082 why I dislike living in Arizona: online newspaper anonymous comments

It's absolutely disgusting to read the comments posted with online newspaper articles. Just about every US newspaper participates in this trend. Some police the commentary better than others. The Arizona Republic does precious little to police their site.

It's obvious why the newspapers do it: viewers will "stick" to the site longer with more page views - meaning the ads associated with those pages are viewed more. But the general public just doesn't have a lot constructive to add to most stories.

"Burglary Suspect Gave Police False Age, Identity" was simply the headline. Four pages of hardly 'intelligent' commentary follow. Comments range from "at least he wasn't another latino," to overtly racist, jump around to how criminals and gang members are in the military and then wind up with this little gem:

"(inappropriate term) ALL OF YOU SORRY SACK OF (inappropriate term) CUM GUZZLIN (inappropriate term)!!!! YOU DONT EVEN KNOW HIM LIKE THAT TO BE JUDGING HIM AND TALKING (inappropriate term)!!! ALL OF YOU ARE STUID FUKING RACISTS ASSES!! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO READ A STORY AND COMMENT AND ASSUME LIKE YOU KNOW HIM PERSONALLY AS A FAGGET OF THE GAY COMMUNITY AND EX BOY FRIEND I DONT LIKE THE COMMENTS OR THE (inappropriate term) IM READING AND FOR HIS MOTHER SHE IS PROUD HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED MORE THEN YOU OR YOUR (inappropriate term) UP FAMILY HAS IN YOUR LIFE. AND ALSO IF IT WERE YOUR FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER UP HEAR YOU WOULDN BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE OR TALK DOWN ABOUT HIM!!! AND AS HIS FRIEND DONUT SAID YOU OTHER TWO SORRY SACKS OF (inappropriate term) COME FORWARD AND MAN UP YOU WANT TO BE MAN ENOUGH TO GO INTO SOMEONES HOME BUT YOUR NOT MAN ENOUGH TO TAKE THE FAULT FOR IT YOU SORRY SACKS OF (inappropriate term)!!!!!AND AS FOR LAWRENCE IT DONT GOT (inappropriate term) TO DO WITH SKIN COLOR YOU (inappropriate term) DUMB ASS WE DONT BE TALKING ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE SHOOTING THEM SELFS OR DOING COKE AND METH AND SLEPPING WITH THEIR OWN FAMILY OR DOING STUPID (inappropriate term) LIK COMMITING SUICIDE OR SHOOTHING UP FUKING SCHOOLS!!! SO DONT (inappropriate term) JUST ASSUME BECAUSE HE IS BLACK IS THE REASON WHY HE IS STEALING SO GO TO HELL YOU (inappropriate term) BITCH!! AND AS FAR AS DALG1 DONT CALL HIM A LOW LIFE SCUM BECASUE YOU DONT KNOW HIM DO YOU BELEIVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU READ????IF THEY SAID DALG 1 WAS COUGHT JACKING OFF TO CHILD GAY PORN WOULDNT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BELEIVE THE FIST THING THEY READ?? NO I DONT FUKING THINK SO!! AND HE IS NOT SCUM SO YOU CAN CUT THAT (inappropriate term) OUT BEFORE THE WRONG PERSON READS THIS AND SCUMS ON YOUR FACE!! SO FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AND WANT TO HAVE HIS NAME IN YOUR MOUTH BEFORE YOU KNOW HIM OR EVEN KNOW WHAT THE REAL STORY IS HOW ABOUT YOU DO WHAT YOU DO BEST AND SWALLOW IT AND GO (inappropriate term) YOUR MOTHERS (inappropriate term)
SINCERLEY YOUR AMERICAN FAGG!!"

Wow. A simple article about a black kid that robbed a house degenerates into that lovely drunken illiterate rant. Welcome to Arizona! Half the population here could have written that. This guy should be writing copy to attract tourists to the state or even better, the announcements on the Amber Alert signs over the freeways.

The paper should track this guy down - he'd make a perfect instructor for a "Creative writing for douchebags," course. Learn to write in ALL CAPS and make sure that each sentence has a subject and at least three things to offend EVERYONE.