Damn the Internet

Why is it that every time I go to read a story on the Internet the comments below it almost always digress to racial attacks and name calling?

I get anxiety as I read Internet comments because I hear people stupidly attacking one another for exprerssing an opinion. Should everyone just shut up and let the writer do the talking then or can we agree to disagree without resorting to personal or cultural attacks?

I recently read a blog about Vanity Fair's lack of minority faces on its cover featuring Hollywoods up and coming actresses. The writer pointed out this fact and that was that. He didn't challende VF to do better, he merely reported that some people had noticed and didn't like it. The commentary below it within just a few comments had escalated to such insulting stances as , "stop cramming the race card down my throat" and "I only want to hear from oppressed people of the Holocaust because they are still here, where is the last slave?" Ok I am paraphrasing...but you can read it here.

Perception is a crazy thing. *TBC