@matthew >There's no way to completely avoid being controversial.
This is a statement that comes from pure white privilege!
>No matter what stance or public position you take, there's going to be a sizeable opposition.
Oh, so you're okay othering everyone who disagrees with your normative worldviews!?
etc. etc...

Obviously I'm making a joke, but you're totally right. It used to be that these types only existed as extremely online goobers, but more and more I'm seeing this behavior bleed into the real world. It's very disturbing.