I know I’m not the only one that has heard this. I get comic book and Sci-fi/fantasy writers probably lean left for the most part but I seem to remember liberals of the past being big on free speech and against censorship. Also I’ve heard SJWs complain about the original Star Trek because they had moved beyond race and you know everything today has to talk about race.
Stan Lee and Kirby are white males so they wouldn’t last today and on and on.
So what is a good response to this?
The other people are right. There is literally no point in arguing with them. No argument would ever change their minds. They don't even consider your argument when talking to you. They just defend. There is never a thought process in their head that goes "let me consider whether what my opponent is saying is true". You literally cannot reason with them.
Because most people don't care about what's actually true. If things started trending the other way, suddenly they'd care, because it might matter for their survival. But while nobody on their side holds them to account for hypocrisy or stupidity, and they control the levers of power, they don't even consider your arguments. It just doesn't matter to them at all. Who cares whether you're right or not? It doesn't matter. They made a judgment that your opposition was the right side to take for various reasons, none of which involved trying to find the truth, or using logic/reason.
It's almost cliche, but it's really true. You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. You'd have to give them a reason to care about what's true. If society started pushing the other way, and life got hard for them, many would change their minds. Because then it would actually be impacting them negatively.
Bottom line is this: You've just got to understand, no matter how insane it seems, these people do not care at all what is true. Not even a little bit. So it doesn't matter how articulately or eloquently you explain your position. It won't do any good at all.