In this task, you are given a public comment from online platforms. You are expected to classify the comment into two classes: identity-attack and non-identity-attack. Identity attack refers to anything rude or disrespectful about someone's identity, including appearance, race, gender, and sexual orientation.

Comment: No it is not ok to accept gays watever into the church with the hope of reforming them.  There is no way of changing a gay person into a straight person.  Like changing a black into a white.  Might be possible of changing a white into a black  (Black like me) but I have never heard of the opposite.  

Now why would anyone disapprove and criticize a life style?
Identity-attack

Comment: Well, you and your ilk fall for fake "science" promoted by deniers, so you've already shown an inability to recognize it if it even when it hits you in the face.....
Non-identity-attack

Comment: I'm commenting directly on the letter... hard to know how I could be much more "on topic" than that!

Is this the topic: "But let a white cop shoot a black criminal, and all hell is to pay." OK, is the letter writer calling Mr. Castile the schoolworker a "black criminal" because he has multiple tickets for speeding and driving without insurance? I think that is a purposeful mischaracterization of someone who seems like a decent guy.

Or this, "One thing is sure, however: White people aren’t going to go around shooting blacks because of it." That seems like a naive statement given the history of violence against blacks. One can hope, but "sure"? I'm not sure. 

Are the attacks racially motivated? Of course.

Identity-attack