I mean the race warriors who show up whenever anyone criticizes anything black.

>criticism is fine - i guess, though i
>really don't see what purpose it
>serves -

If we're talking about lay people, it doesn't have to serve a purpose. People talk about what they like or don't like about art all the time.


>but us black folks that
>call it 'hating' do so when we
>are told we are DUMB or IDIOTIC
>or have BAD TASTE because of what
>we like.

Read these boards. There's way more name calling of people who don't like Tyler Perry's films than there is of people who do. For a good example of that, see above.

>like what you wanna, but when you
>criticize people for something as
>subjective as personal taste -
>especially when folks add a 'racial'
>tinge to the criticism - that's hating.

I'm not criticizing anyone's taste. I'm criticizing Perry's abilities.

>people should not have to justify
>the movies they see to anybody.

Agreed. I never asked anyone to.

>moreover, you never see tyler perry
>fans busting all up in the DEVIL'S
>BACKBONE thread, hating on GUIERMO
>DEL TORO fans.

But there is someone expressing a dissenting view in almost every thread on this board.

>its always 'elite'
>minded folks judging us viewers
>who like 'poorly made, lowbrow'
>fare.

Again, I really don't see that happening. I see people expressing their opinion and the folks who like his stuff getting offended by that.

>i really wish people would just make
>the art they wanna see, support it,
>and go on about their business.

This is a message board. The point is to discuss movies and TV. You're not going to agree with a lot of what's written.

>all this hate, vitriol and snarky
>invective really doesn't help anything.

It's not hate. It's not snark. And it's definitely not vitriol. It's opinion.