https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...y-says-1148475
I'm not entirely surprised by this. I've stated this on these boards that a lot of stuff we see and read online is driven by outside forces (especially the anti-female, anti-minority voices).
As much as I disliked The Last Jedi, the whole "political screaming" on social media did seem rather overblown and borderline nonsensical. Worse still, are the "real people" (mostly alt-right folks) that latch onto this and start attacking actors and creators.
All this being said, I'm not convinced that the split in the audience is completely down to Russian Trolls. That sounds a little too convenient.