Reply #18: That thread just blew me away... important to keep in mind that it was

[Misunderestimator]

just a few ignorant and stubborn posters, as you said. Frustrating doesn't start to describe it. I thought the weeks after the election blaming the entire democratic party failure on gays wanting to be married was exhausting... sheesh.

This seems to top even that... Halle, although she is black, is not allowed to describe her experiences with racism, because 1) she is only half-black, 2) she's famous so she should actually be devoting her entire life and livelihood to making the world better, anything short of that and she is just greedy and selfish, 3) she isn't a good enough actress to be discriminated against, and 4) some people just like to read their own posts and see how far down insanity-path they can go without offering any insight or resolution. (on edit... to clarify, that was a summary of the hateful posts... I think Halle is a terrific actor)

And I'm willing to bet that 100% of those particular posters on that thread are white, and mainly men. It's distressing to see that a female poster was making such idiotic arguments, though I admit I've met a lot of women who just don't care about their own oppression and civil rights, so why would they care about hers...