you raise a number of good talking points in your post. i feel like the media has a huge part to play in this regard.

with social media being used by almost everyone with access to internet nowadays, we're always seeing the extremes of either good or bad. we're conditioned to think that everyone is either amazing or cringeworthy-bad at whatever it is they do.

at the same time, there are those who do not share/do the things they love in fear of being called out and being the one made fun of. so everything just ends up being a big circlejerk for that very reason.

that's why it's so important to surround yourself with people who support what you do, and who can objectively provide feedback for you to enable you to confidently do your thing and voice your opinions.