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by rockskon 966 days ago
The problem is that the hecklers use self-defined criteria of toxicity that isn't representative of broader society's views on what is toxic.

Many assertions of toxicity in the modern era have as much relevance as assertions of Satanism did in decades past. The accusers define the criteria they then diagnose. What they diagnose often has little relevance to actual societal ills and oftentimes just serves to further stigmatize social outcasts to no productive end.