I'm a white lesbian, and while it's true that I'm often outnumbered in comments sections that insult gays or women, I can typically easily see that the reason was because your article took the opposite tone. If your article targets a group to lob accusations against, I fully expect that group to use the comment section to defend themselves. That's not only human nature, it's only fair. Even in your recent articles which have insulted Ellen and were joined primarily by commenters who agreed, all I can say is that must honestly reflect the sentiment of Americans. That's important to know, and I can still argue with them. I don't need to live in an illusory world, especially at the expense of my own free speech! Few people support Yahoo's notion that the opinions of Yahoo staff are the only opinions that should ever be expressed, and even the few people who think that's what they want now will change their minds the minute you change yours regarding who you support!

When your articles paint a picture of whites who call the police over nothing, but fail to report about the white people who were murdered merely for being white in the very same week, you paint a dangerously racist picture that needs to be corrected, and that's the purpose your comments section has traditionally served. Who will Yahoo target next? Muslims? Gays? Christians? Whoever it is, they will need the comments section to defend themselves, because you have spent years proving that is what your articles do, Yahoo: target groups to defame. I thought that took gall even before you removed their ability to defend themselves.

Yahoo Im disappointed and not surprised by the removal of comments. I get the fact yahoo is being basically extorted into removing the comment section and the liability involved

However, I also get the fact the real issue here is based on Yahoo's revenue and your advertisers leaving (extortion part), and nothing else.

And what's terrifying about this move, is we are seeing more and more corporations giving into socialist and facist ideologies and from that, the systematic shutdown of free speech and suppression of other opinions. That's the very fabric of America, our origins and what makes America great.

Yahoo comments were the only way people who believe in American values and free speech could express their opinions and to let the people decide what is good for them to read or not. Not yahoo.

It's unacceptable for Yahoo to do this and comments were the only reason I went to Yahoo in the first place, because Google has long been indoctrinated and corrupt.

With the amount of racial division in this country at this moment again you fail to identify what race the criminal appears to be. The article? Police seek attacker who kicked Chinese American man in head. If it were a white suspect you would identify the person as such. But if it is a Hispanic or black you definitely leave that info out. Your anti white bias is becoming clearer each and every day. It's you and the rest of the liberal media that is driving wedges into our society. You are a much bigger danger to this society than any organized white supremacists group.