[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by DreadBringer

Late reply, dunno if I should do this, but I want to post what I think. While there are certain actions that are more blatantly terrible, like sending death threats, in general, I feel that being innocent doesn't necessarily mean they're better/faultless or have the moral high ground. Though this isn't necessarily about fandom actions. There can be those that have an innocent status due to them never getting caught/exposed, or have people defend them if they're liked enough, or if said actions have been normalized, thus it's not seen as wrong, or if one actually holds similarly twisted views, but doesn't act on it due to fear rather than principle.

About holding innocents responsible, I quite often see people in fanbases who do that, but those are seen as fine as it's socially acceptable, like those who harass fans who do powerscaling or like a show they refer to for toxic fanbase due to the toxic experiences they get from them. There are also those who hold that the public figure said toxic fanbase are fans of, and blame them for said fandom's actions, despite the public figure not necessarily being in control of their actions (individual's actions are something out of one's control). And those aren't viewed as guilty by others (so, innocent status), but can get supported, due to the feeling that they deserve said treatment (lowkey a prejudice).

Maybe I misunderstood something, but in the adjacent paragraphs you are ready to condemn people for their thoughts and criticize condemnations for their actions. It seems to me that this is the case when generalized philosophy finally loses touch with reality and turns into nonsense.
By and large, it is obvious that people are not telepathic and therefore if a person does not show his negative inclinations in any way, it is worth simply recognizing him as a good person and not trying to prove the opposite. For believers, there are no secrets from God/gods/supreme power, for atheists, only the actions taken are important. So why bother getting into something that is hidden from everyone and does not affect anything?