What you are viewing is extremism. It's why it makes no sense for them to do it. They're extremists in a cult of behavior. Let me explain. They have to collectively defend one of their own. The church demands it. If any one of them in the church of the perpetually offended feels the need to think that maybe Depp had a point in spending all this time and money (remember it started over in the UK years ago) just to point out the facts, well then, they start to have the bad thoughts. And of course, they can't have the bad thoughts, they're good people. Good people don't think or do bad. If they start thinking they're the baddies, the cult of the perpetually offended will have to cast them out like an apostate. And no one hates an apostate more than those who just called them friend.