I think if someone has issues with people they know in real life who claim others are toxic for no reason, they need to address it with those specific people they know.

Otherwise it becomes very generalized and is clearly upsetting for some people who had unfortunate encounters with dangerous, violent or plain mean people.

Yes some people project and don’t look at themselves first. But we cannot claim that everyone does that or that everyone is targeting others if they say someone is toxic.

I like what one poster said that lots of people with mental health issues are targeted and ridiculed. So if they want to protect themselves from mean people, it doesn’t mean they are projecting or not looking at themselves. It means they are looking out for themselves. They are within their rights to do so