It's hardly constructive, but if you've really got your bridge-burning mean on, you might say to them, with some emphasis, "I live to offend the stupid." Let it sink in for a beat or two, then, "Are you offended?" and ostentatiously return to the page. Now there is true, intentional rudeness, more or less in the Wildean mode.
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Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.
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