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CMV: The fact that some celebrities can say something not in vogue with BLM, LGBTQ+ or MeToo movements/activists, and suddenly become subject to personal attacks regardless of how they explain their reasoning makes it obvious that the internet is intolerant and all the worse for it.

The more I see people try to take a stand and say something that isn't in vogue with the popular movements, without actually encouraging bad or violent behavior, then get shunted, shunned, shamed, attacked, and publicly humiliated, the more I see a complete lack of tolerance in so-called open-minded or "woke" people.

> "Before you judge a man, walk a mile in their shoes."

That is a statement so painfully ignored (or misused to justify actual criminal behavior) in the last 10 years that I cannot feel comfortable supporting any of the popular and sudden attacks on people.

I am not going to say that it happens that often, but... A straight man raped by a gay man should be allowed to be afraid of being left alone with a gay man. A woman who has been a victim of sexual harrassment should be allowed to react explosively when someone makes a derogatory comment. Bullying victims should be allowed to think anyone actually making a good-spirited joke of lesser flavor is an attack to them.

People have had different paths in life. Most people's deeply-ingrained opinions are dictated by those experiences. At the end of the day, attacking someone for a statement you decided was derogatory, then ignoring their explanation of why they reacted in such a fashion, is a proof of intolerance and apathy, and just following what's trending.

You don't combat poorly-shaped or bad opinions with hatred or backlash. You combat poorly-shaped or bad opinions with understanding and conversation. The most flagrant example of that, is when Daryl Davis managed to convince the Sorcerer Supreme of the KKK to actually be friends with him, and leave the KKK. If you attack someone, they shouldn't consider your opinion to be intelligently formed, or even logical, as your assessment of their person is that they are too dumb to reason, or too evil to care.

And all that kind of behavior online (particularly online, where anonymity is a saving grace for most people engaging in that behavior) is making the entirety of discussion forums all the lesser for it.
gpt
You built a strawman to fight against. There is no uniform code of what "woke" people should do, nor there is an organized association of "woke" people.   


The basic truth is - if you publicly state an opinion, you will get attacked by someone. More people listen to you, more attacks you will suffer. That is a thing that goes with popularity - and no matter the opinion a celeb voices, there will be pitchforks - just from different side.