It’s a motte and bailey thing, where “it costs nothing to be nice” is the motte and “you’re a nazi” is the bailey. The people in the motte aren’t necessarily the same as those in the bailey, but this is roughly what has been happening for the last 15 years. It’s like jaywalking. You keep pushing new offenses down the treadmill, so you can selectively persecute anyone, because nobody is gonna keep up with all of them.
It’s nice to be educated about common misconceptions and potentially hurtful language, but unfortunately society doesn’t have enough slack right now to be a sufficiently chill about it and not devolve into tribal bullshit over it. At least that’s the concern.
What? When did I call anyone a nazi? Whatever you perceive happened for the last 15 years has nothing to do with my comment. I said what you yourself said: lets recognize what is potentially hurtful