But it's not just a case of more of a certain minority speaking up about inequalities, it's about how a person seemingly can't just make a bad joke or have an uniformed opinion without an internet mob labeling that person and attacking them and potentially ruining their careers. What good does that really do, and what does that say about the people who are so morally judgmental and unforgiving?
I feel its more that people feel discomfort at not being able to freely just jump into any topic and say whatever they think, sans pushback or repercussion for their lack of education or concern for anyone else's thoughts/views other than the ones they've arrived at on their own—typically with the bare minimum of research or knowledge.
For example: You
literally don't know what Jon said. In a thread about
Jon saying something—something that was, itself, a response to a thing Jon said before. Yet
your need to share something with the rest of us despite that ignorance, and your unwillingness to actually know what you're talking about before you continue trying to talk to us, has you on the back foot in this conversation.
So your solution to this shaky-as-fuck position you're holding is... to double down and suggest its
external forces that are the real problem here, and the things people should seriously be focusing on, as opposed to say, focusing on learning about the subject at hand with an open mind and a willingness not only to learn, but to change your point of view in response to what you did learn.
If you knew what Jon had said, and how he'd said it, this position would sound
real familiar to you right about now. And it wouldn't be the most positive of echoes you found yourself in.
People don't wanna read. They don't wanna hear. They wanna know
just enough for them to know they're
probably in the right, and at that point, they're okay with letting confirmation bias do the rest.