Sad Comment-ary

By GottaLaff

Comments on two of my YouTube posts have gotten out of hand. One of them has finally settled down, mainly because it's been around awhile. But the other, which I posted here at TPC the other day, is generating so many hostile, disgusting, vile homophobic comments that I had to disable them.

The difference in content between the two comment threads was notable. While, along with the spew, there was an outpouring of support for the Obama video, the opposite was true of the Anderson Cooper clip. The majority of responses was so hate-filled that I couldn't allow them to continue. It was too time-consuming to keep blocking and removing, so I finally deleted and disabled them today.

What a sad commentary. Even though YouTube may not be an accurate representation of the population in general, it's a terrifying reminder that bigotry is alive and kicking in America.

Just ask the Tea Tantrumers.