Actually, they did. When I was still in the fandom, I got stalked, harassed, banned, humiliated, threatened, thrown under the bus, calls and attempts to change my sexuality and convinced to become suicidal no thanks to people who called themselves my "friends," and told it was MY fault just for existing because those who caused it "don't act like that unless provoked." What's worse is, they're like a protected group now, so the internet doesn't like you talking bad about them.
Not all of them are bad, but the fandom is full of bullies, activists, haters, overly-judgemental egotists and perverts who don't like when people say anything that shows them in a bad light, even when it's shown to them.