The amount of people painting critics with a broad “sexist” brush is at least as overstated as the amount of critics who are sexist.
You could well be right. The problem is that once the sentiment is out there, others start to believe it. And the media is running with the notion because it gets clicks.
Which notion? That all critics are sexist or that all people criticizing sexists are calling all critics sexist?
That critics are “toxic”, with the true origin of their negative feelings being sexism or racism.
true , from a certain point of view …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ao_3jjj_FM
Rumors spread by YouTubers watched only by hardcore fans aren’t the same as Vox/Polygon/etc. articles about the toxic fanbase that get picked up by mainstream media outlets.
Are those articles actually calling the whole fanbase toxic though? Haven’t read.
To their credit, some have used language to draw a line between harassment and genuine critique, but not all.
I’m not concerned only about TLJ critics being misrepresented. No average human will read topics like these and derive any sort of subtlety from the arguments presented. Everyone who calls themselves a Star Wars fan could end up having to defend themselves against this “toxic” label.
https://www.themarysue.com/star-wars-fandom-toxicity/
(Before anyone freaks out over the name, that’s a feminist web site. Take it up with them.)