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Reter

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13. That is very different

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 22, 2015, 11:57 PM

Oct 2015

He was white in the comics, so not all of the critics were necessarily racist. I wouldn't want an white woman playing Storm, nor would I want a blonde Superman or a black Aquaman. Critics complaining about a black lead character in Star Wars is completely racist.

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Internet trolls call new 'Star Wars' movie 'anti-white' [View all] niyad Oct 2015 OP

The same racists who whined about Heimdall being black in the Thor movies. nt onehandle Oct 2015 #1

That is very different Reter Oct 2015 #13

The good thing is NewJeffCT Oct 2015 #2

what sad, stunted lives those people lead. niyad Oct 2015 #3

Look at the fury over the latest Mad Max movie NewJeffCT Oct 2015 #4

I remember the insane furor over theron in the mad max thing. boggles the mind. niyad Oct 2015 #6

As if the original "Star Wars" flick wasn't white enough to satisfy these people. Paladin Oct 2015 #5

This is the stupidest thing I can imagine. Tipperary Oct 2015 #7

the stupidity level is indeed high amoung them. niyad Oct 2015 #8

4chan did this to see how many moron journalists would believe it AngryAmish Oct 2015 #9

even if they did this as a test, you know that there are, in fact, people like that out there. niyad Oct 2015 #10

Right NewJeffCT Oct 2015 #11

Say what you will about the members of 4chan, they know how to push the right buttons. GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #12