Some of the comments are included in the story posted as the core of the thread. I remember reading some and am embarassed that I just shook my head and did not alert the mods. But the real story here is if we can bust this guy as having infiltrated and then manufactured the comments.
There are scads of “troublemakers” here at FR. Some are just hateful people, some are trolls, some are plants, some are just stupid, or immature and ignorant. Most threads about current events get a few ridiculous comments that perhaps should sometimes be pulled. Generally I just ignore them as I got tired of arguing with jerks a long time ago. For the most part those people are not interested in becoming smarter or nicer.
I saw the Malia thread and it was ridiculous. In fact in retrospect there were so many over the top comments (not the usual FR ‘caption this’ snide remarks) that it may well have been a concerted effort. Especially since the same terms were used repeatedly and there were several racist comments that were really out there. The thread was a bit of an anomaly- I’ve been on many of the M.O. fashion threads and there have not been anything like the Malia thread. Many of the bad comments didn’t make a lot of sense in that the girl was just wearing shorts and a t-shirt, nothing special. The media deciding to make a big deal over the kid’s choice of t-shirt if anything was what should have been criticized.