PastaGate.
A prominent celebrity chef - Gordon Ramsey, Jamie Oliver, that Yan guy from Yan Can Cook, who knows - gets cancelled because of a sexual assault allegation and/or a racist remark in a tweet from twelve years ago.
Within hours, the battle lines are drawn. Blue checks start tweeting about how they always knew that guy was a creep and/or racist. Vox combs through his life history with a fine-toothed comb finding everything he's ever done that they can pretend to be indignant about. His fans hold the line, voicing their support for what they see as spurious allegations on Twitter and TikTok. Articles are written: Are YouTube chefs secretly dogwhistling and recruiting people into the alt-right pipeline? Is it cultural...