To Troll or Not to Troll

To troll or not to troll — that is the question:

Whether ‘tis wiser to keep to oneself

One’s controversial thoughts and opinions,

Or to give voice to them regardless,

And, by doing so, question their controversiality. To speak, to exercise freedom of expression –

No more – and in the exercise of said freedom to make oneself heard

Amid the diverse opinions and multitude of voices

That exist amongst us — ‘tis what

Many seem to wish for. To speak, to express oneself —

To express oneself, perchance to see how others will respond. Ay, there’s the rub,

For the censure and vehement rebuke that is sure to come

Of such discordant words and foul thoughts

Must give us pause. There’s the respect

That renders these thoughts unvoiced.

For who would risk the labels

Of stupidity, of insanity,

Of being evil, an asshole,

A cancer to society, and the combination

Of all of those — a troll,

When he might remain safe, silent and unseen

Among the masses? Who would bear the burden

Of constantly having to watch his own tongue,

But that the dread of societal pressure,

That intangible force, whose influence

None can escape, cautions us,

And makes us rather bear an inconvenience to which we are accustomed

Than face the wrath of a force to which we are not?

Thus self-awareness does silence us all,

And thus censorship

Is in many cases self-applied,

And comments perceived to be potentially controversial

With this respect are repressed within one’s own consciousness

And not given voice.

You couldn't troll if you were under a bridge. You troll amateur. You have no idea how to troll. Loser. Reject. Tryhard. 

Haha wow, amazing job macer. Keep it up. XD

How did you manage to write such a long piece of art? Copy/Paste?!

XD NICE WORK!

And this is my fav:

Of such discordant words and foul thoughts

Must give us pause. There’s the respect

That renders these thoughts unvoiced.

Thanks for the high praise guys! I've always been a fan of parodies (the first troll thread I created on chess.com was a parody of the Daeth thread), and this time I wanted to try my hand at making a parody of an actual work of literature. I kept a lot of the key phrases in the original soliloquy so as to have more parallels with the original, and also because often I couldn't find a way to translate them adequately.

linuxblue1 is soooo trying...