A trailer for the live action remake of The Little Mermaid was revealed this week, and Halle Barry is Ariel. Much squealing from moonbats about how wonderful it is to make a traditionally white character black, and some griping about how asinine it is to randomly change the skin color of a fictional character.
I suspect much of the actually hateful comments on the topic are from pot stirrers and NPCs who have no problem generating the evil nazi commentary they just know is out there, and those are being amplified beyond the actual amount of "hate" being spewed (there are always at least a few genuine idiots on such topics). Any attempts to question the logic of just turning a character from a northern European fairy tale black for the sake of appeasement, or asking why not make new, intentionally diverse characters to look up to, or even pulling from non-European folk tales to diversify entertainment get lumped into the "don't you dare complain, you evil klansman!!!111!!"
Wonder what will happen to those fragile young minds when they eventually hear how the Little Mermaid really ends and picture that happening to a black woman
