In "C" mode, how do I turn off electric mode?

[Bruce Korb]

c-toggle-electric-state

does not seem to do the trick.  I try to put text into a comment,
and the electric mode is so helpful, it is impossible to do it, except
by using text mode in another buffer and pasting it into my C code.
What is going on?  What are the emacs developers thinking?
STOP BEING SO HELPFUL.  IT IS NOT HELPFUL.  I JUST WANT TO EDIT
MY TEXT.  SOME ASSISTS ARE NICE BUT THIS IS WAY OVER THE LINE.
ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!