That frame of mind assumes that there’s only two camps, the Racists and Non-Racists…when there’s a third: Parties that want to sew discord for thier own interests, be it civil discord, ad revenue, or ‘user engagement’.
You Could NOT escape the stuff towards the end of the Trump administration. It wasn’t only Reddit.
It attracted a large enough number of toxic users that many parts of the site (those not aggressively moderated) were littered with personal attacks and hate speech, which was unpleasant for everyone else.
they're a tiny part of the population online and in real life
you can mute users and stick to your own subreddits because you only see what you choose to follow
you're feeding into the narrative and creating the problem of censoring everything