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That's because you're on the internet, and nuance doesn't exist. It requires thinking, which is hard.
Note: I don't know JP and don't have an opinion on him (yet). I'm responding only to the question in the title.
I mean, the internet was fine until the advent of global "engagement-driven social networks" that practically became filter bubbles optimizing for ads delivery, then echo chambers for political gain, down to self-sustained propaganda machines for geopolitical sabotage. Early internet felt like village-scale communities centered around a single purpose/interests where people came in the first place to contribute something or help each other. Trolls did exist but there was no tolerance for them because the absence of centralization meant they didn't have to be accepted there in the first place.
I think it's a little more nuanced than that...