Yes, I've been paying attention. I read the original thread. It was disappointing. I like to think that Freepers are better than posters at DU--and we are!--but sometimes the anonymity of the net lets people give voice to foolish, ugly things they would not say aloud.
Most of the time Obama’s kids look cute and dressed well. The majority of people on that thread did not like the peacenik sigh on the childs shirt.
There were a few, and I don’t remember who, that made over the top comments. What we do not know is who around here they were and how many were trolls. I made a comment on that thread that the shirt was inappropriate and that the hair looked bad. I was making a critque and I would have said the same if it had been the Bush girls. Heaven knows, we don’t go easy on the very white Meghan McCain.
That in itself does not indict the whole site. If anyone wants to know they should ask what posters posted that and expect them to make a formal apology.
That would be something that would never happen at Kos or DU.