Maybe I'm not reading enough into this

But this op-ed article in CNN about the modern, secular flavor of Halloween having its roots in a specific aspect/timeframe of gay culture doesn't seem to be picking on homosexuals...or anyone. Yet if I were to believe the comments, the author is purposely targeting homosexuals in a negative way. I think the commentators are reading too much into this, but I'm willing to be wrong if someone can point out how. I mean, what if the article were "Rock n' roll craze started in Black culture" and all the other points of the article went into detail about what the music scene had been before Black influences, the worldwide growth of rock, its roots in Black culture (particularly a certain time and place in Black culture), and the subsequent "forgetting" of same by non-Black culture, would that article be considered anti-Black? I don't think so. Informative, but not anti- anything. Which is how I read this article as it stands.

On the other hand, I'd like to note that I often find the commentators on CNN articles to be off the wall.

But, seriously, I'd like people's own reactions.