DMR Doesn't Allow Comments On Race And Sexuality Obsessed Article

I'm curious why the Des Moines Register was afraid to allow comments on their race and sexuality-obsessed article on the new president of Grinnell College. ("Small-town Iowa embraces Grinnell's gay, black president")

Most people don't care who the president of Grinnell College is, much less whether he's black, gay, married, or has kids.  The guy's got an impressive educational history and background, and he seems more than capable at managing an expensive, boutique college in the middle of nowhere Iowa for mostly rich kids ($46,362 a year for tuition/room & board).

But why are no comments allowed on the story?  There's only a "recommend" counter.  Is the Register afraid that their race and sexuality-obsessed article will bring out those who might be part of a Crusade or an Inquisition or part of a Witch Trial, or who bullies, hates, and is narrow-minded?  That's how I read it.

Is the Register selectively not allowing comments on certain stories because they're afraid of what might be said?  I think so.  I think they're afraid that the right-wing equivalent of Ken Fuson will show up and forget where the Off button is located.

That's silly, of course.  The number of people who hate gays because they're gay or blacks because they're black is such an incredibly small number.  That doesn't stop the Register editor elite from probably thinking otherwise considering the recent elections and the Iowa Supreme Court Justice ousters.  I'll bet the Register elite think there's a white male Republican boogeyman behind every tree, waiting for some queers to beat or a rope to use.  The Register elite are such a tone-deaf, leftist partisan bunch that it wouldn't surprise me if some of them really believe that.