Exactly. They're unbelievably critical of her character.
A pro-Hinata/anti-Sakura bias is one thing, but the whole argument went off the rails with "the bored dismissal that [Naruto] gives to Sakura's confession." 
Naruto went through a lot of different emotions during Sakura's confession, but no matter how you slice it, "bored dismissal" was not one them. A statement like that doesn't betray a simple bias, it betrays a blatant denial of the facts.
It's not a crime to dislike a character -- even Sakura. Prefering Hinata? That's okay too. Each of us are attracted to and affected by different things about different characters, and those preferences are going to lead us to subjective bias at times. Again, no crime there.
The problem creeps in when a fan cannot acknowledge their bias, or admit they are unwilling to apply their standards for character behavior consistently.
The argument spanning the last few pages of this thread was also off the rails when Sakura -- and only Sakura -- was judged for allowing Sasuke to fight with them, and for setting aside everything he's done to her and others in that moment in order to face a common enemy. It was immediately presumed that her willingness to do this was all because of romance and fangirling, even though no such behavior or intention is in evidence.
As several others pointed out, she simply followed Naruto's lead and it's ridiculous to judge Sakura harshly based on her willingness to fight alongside her old teammate -- and likely only temporarily while the battle conditions are grave -- especially when Naruto chose to do so first.
It's not as if there has been no precedent for such. Regardless of what Orochimaru did, Jiraiya never gave up following him and keeping an eye out for him. Are we to believe that if Orochimaru had turned away from evil -- briefly or permanently -- that Jiraiya and Tsunade would have rejected him or his help in a situation where his contribution might help achieve success?
Are we to believe that Kakashi is worthy of hate because he's in the other dimension with Obito right now, trying to recover whatever humanity and goodness might remain in him? If Obito ends up assisting the alliance in any way, should the benefits of his actions be refused because he once did terrible things?
What irks me the most is the suggestion that Sakura did not react as a capable kunoichi with something to offer to the battle, but as a romance-driven Sasuke fangirl -- despite the fact that she stepped up AFTER Naruto had already done so.
Sakura's entire focus was on proving that her skills could compete with those of her teammates, and that she could offer them and the alliance something of considerable value in the fight. That is a very, very, VERY far cry from Hinata's motivation to rush out and confront Pain, with no strategy or suitable skills and with no tangible or stated goal other than to declare her love for Naruto and die with him.
One acting like a powerful ninja, the other acting like a lovestruck girl. Inconvenient for Sakura haters, perhaps, but that doesn't make it any less true.
Just my opinion.
P.S. I don't devalue Hinata's current bravery in battle. She has grown a lot, and I give her credit for that. The degree to which her skills, strength, and confidence has developed is, however, still far below Sakura's in my opinion, but that's to be expected. Sakura is the story's heroine.
Edited by KnS, 02 June 2013 - 07:54 PM.
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I'm unaware if he was trolling or not but I didn't appreciate his comment when it came to Sakura/NS. He pretty much bashed her IMO, so of course, like many, I responded. It was nice seeing so many defend her though. 
They'll start a revolution! 
