I'm afraid we are not teachers in a classroom, nor do I expect that our school children would be using a commentary column such as this in Civil Beat to study journalism.  Freedom of speech goes a lot deeper than your pompous attitude and criticism of the way people write about themselves and their opinions.  We are not the authority on  the  subjects we comment on.  We are the just ordinary people trying to share our concerns...some good, some bad and how these subjects are affecting us.   Grammar was not a prerequisite to exercising this right.   i am not an editor nor a reporter, but I do care enough to edit comments that are in bad taste...although it falls short of editing out people who are just plain nasty!