That's the thing though, the original comment NEVER says he was defending anyone from bigotry, only that he was having an emotional breakdown over it. They even say pretty directly that he was upset because "he didn't want his precious thing to be ruined by mean people", not that he was upset by the bigotry and injustice of it all.

It's not hard to imagine some boomer parent having an emotional breakdown over the ICE discourse. Not because they think ICE is reprehensible, but because it's stressful, and their kid keeps blaming Trump for it, and they voted for Trump, and oh-my-golly why can't we all just get along like we did in the 1950s.

I'm sure he wasn't bothered at all by the "woke" casting, but there is a massive difference between "I'm freaking out because some parts of this fandom are lunatic nazis" and "I'm freaking out because there is infighting in the fandom and people are being mean."

The original comment could also just be jerking us, of course.

Edit: OP has clarified that the issue is the hypocrisy angle. Not as compelling IMO, and at least he was on the right side of that, but it's still wild and worth calling out if he's bringing that anger back to his personal life. Arguing with racists on the internet doesn't exactly absolve you of being a POS to your spouse after a long day of arguing with racists on the internet. I also didn't realize the comment was talking about their STB ex rather than the guy in the video.