Why were Megyn Kelly's comments on Santa so controversial?

[SteveRogers]

I don't think it was "controversial" as much as it was insightful. What you had was a conservative commentator expressing a knee-jerk reaction of outrage at the mere concept of a black Santa Claus without actually stopping to think through why that should even bother them, and then  proceeding to spout nonsense in an increasingly flustered manner when pressed to articulate a rational defense of their position. It was a nice condensed example of the thought process underlying faux conservative outrages over wholly manufactured controversies.

[SteveRogers]

Faux outrage  is growing increasingly irrational on the left right.  Every word that comes out of someones mouth now that isn't is PC is considered some secret systemic reverse-racism against white people or something.
 

Example: feigning outrage over the mention of a black Santa Claus.