Somehwat proving my above point. And you're 100% correct. But how would he even show that to us?
Adjust your behaviour so the event doesn't happen again. When a related conversation pops up, take a position based on your improved understanding. Make some attempt to help people you've harmed. Penance is not that hard to figure out.
What I want to say is that, regardless of opinions, nothing can be discussed. It's just pitchforks, whether they are justified or not.
People have made up their mind because JonTron's statements are blatantly racist and hateful. We should know that those are harmful because we exist in a world where we have seen how horrifically harmful those are. If you're trying to promote or defend those statements and people criticize you, maybe it's pitchforks, but it's pitchforks raised against genuinely harmful and hateful ideas. If people's minds cannot be swayed on why those are harmful, it's because they take some enjoyment from ideas that they know are harmful and hateful and genuinely don't care about how destructive or evil those ideas are.