I'm too annoyed and ill rn this will probably come out entirely incoherent.
A smear campaign where the hateful vitriol is being spewed by racists (Tam and G) in defense of a man who is also racist/homophobic/ableist/misogynistic/etc (Brigham) shows clearly what they are attempting to do. Because ultimately that is who they are backing and defending. They can not deny that. If there are 'teams' they have picked team Brigham.
Tam, Brigham and G have all said far worse than anything that has EVER been written here and I don't know about Manda but I've heard she wasn't exactly full of grace and decorum when the shoe was on the other foot.
Microaggressive racism was allowed in the comments of that live yet those that tried to speak the truth on what was being said by the likes of Tam were muted.
Also keep cc out of your mouth, don't like it? Take your own advice and don't look. Do what you say to everyone that objects to you (rightly so in your case) - scroll away, hmm, Tam? Geh zum teufel.