Lemmy's lack of total karma has only increased this effect for me. I just write whatever is on my mind because the Fediverse needs more stuff and there aren't even digital consequences.

That's not the opposite. It just the same thing in a different form. Offline you mask and online you don't need the mask. Racist do the same exact thing.

The difference is that at their core they are deplorable and you are not. The masking is the shared trait.