Thread:Hey1234/@comment-1672596-20180718005209

Look, it's not just the fact that she doesn't want to interact with the boys in the village. If it were just THOSE specific boys who played as pirates that she didn't want to interact with, that I can forgive, but the way she was talking, it sounded more like she was tarring ALL the boys in the village, heck, all MALES regardless of age, as being no different from pigs, even if they weren't anything like the boys who played pirates, which IS bigotry. So yes, it IS bigotry that she's displaying, not any different from the bigotry that Gaston displayed to women, where he makes his dim views on women VERY clear (in fact, probably the ONLY difference between her during that time and him is that Gaston at least ATTEMPTED to interact with women despite his views, while Belle refused to do the same with guys). Heck, when expressing her views, she actually went as far as to explicitly denounce men (as in adult males, not simply little boys. There's a reason "men" and "boys" are separate words, after all.), not even CARING what Maurice had to say about them maturing as well as she seemed to assume they'll ALWAYS be like that. And quite frankly, those kids were playing pirates, you can't expect them to act nice when playing pirates since they're notorious for doing LOTS of bad things, from theft to murder to... well, I think you can imagine the list. It would be like expecting a teacher to not teach students.

In fact, how about I post the exact transcript of that comic page, down to even the bolded parts:

The New Adventures of Beauty and the Beast, Issue 1; story 2: Bothered, Page 14. Disney Comics, 1993.

""Maurice: You should be playing outside with the other children! // Belle: I'm having a much better time in King Arthur's Court! Sometimes I can see myself living in a castle surrounded by servants. I might even entertain the thought of a handsome prince... ...As long as he was gentle and kind... Not like those childish roughnecks in the square! Not one of them could even spell gallant! // Maurice: A day will come when those boys will look like knights in shining armor to you. // Belle: Never! I won't have anything to do with them. Men are such... such... // Maurice: Hear that, Pierre? According to my daughter there isn't an ounce of difference between us! // Pierre: Oink! // Belle: Well, I suppose there are some exceptions."

And don't claim Belle's age as an excuse for bigotry, either. Based on how she looked from distance shots compared to those kids as well as the scene where they lifted her up, she looked more like she was closer to her early teens than being a child (the kids were practically dwarfs compared to her, to the extent that when "crowd-surfing" her, they actually look even shorter than her even altogether. If she were a child, she'd be at least their size, maybe slightly taller rather than outright dwarfing them). She definitely would know better by that point, especially when her FATHER of all people stated that they'll ultimately mature someday, and she has immense respect for him in the movie.

Sorry, but I get very irritated whenever people think Belle was not being a bigot. If it's bigoted for Gaston to have those views on women, it's definitely just AS bigoted for Belle to have similar views on men, especially when unlike Gaston, she never even TRIED to interact with guys in that comic. What's good for the goose is good for the gander regarding definitions, or in this case, what's BAD for the goose is BAD for the gander. 