This is a very real problem with what the left has been doing for years. Now anyone the left disagrees with is automatically a racist, homophobe, sexist, fascist, etc.
These are, or were, serious accusations. The left throws them out as a matter of course. The left is both childish and wily in this regard.
It is childish to immediately lash out at someone you disagree with. Emotionally immature. Perhaps it is because all too often we no-longer let our kids have disagreements, learn how to disagree with respect, win, lose, etc. Now anyone they disagree with must be destroyed. It is apparently ok to immediately resort to making completely unfounded horrible accusations.
It is wily because it is a pretty good, if well-worn tactic. It immediately puts your adversary, that being anyone you disagree with on anything, on the defensive. White? Automatically assumed to be racist - prove you're not. President Trump supporter? Automatically assumed to be fascist - prove you're not. Don't enthusiastically support and promote the left's agenda? You're automatically a homophobe, Islamophobe, climate-denier, big-oil stooge, big-pharma dupe, etc. etc.
The left's main tactic is putting others on the defensive. The "do it or see it our way or else." People who have been indoctrinated into that mindset are not going to be good team players - unless the whole team thinks exactly like them. At work we have over a dozen openings right now. We will not hire just to put a backside in a seat. Anyone who looks like they would disrupt our good team dynamic is an automatic "no" on hiring.
White? Automatically assumed to be racist - prove you're not. President Trump supporter? Automatically assumed to be fascist - prove you're not.
Science 101: You cannot prove a negative.
US Government 101: The burden of proof is on the accuser to prove the accused's guilt, not on the accused to prove his/her innocence. IOW innocent until proven guilty.
The wokesters' ignorance of basic science and civics is showing.
I saw this when my daughter was in middle school when 0bama was running. As soon as you discounted him you were racist. The schools were captured early..