...much ado about nothing.

Like, seriously, having part of the villain's origin story be that he was "wronged" somehow by society is basically Supervillain Origin 101. It's far from revolutionary stuff and is part of every villain from Lex Luthor to Dr. Doom to Magneto. Plus, in terms of Joker's origin, they've originally gone down the paths of "tied to his arch-nemeses origin" (Burton's version) and the "it doesn't matter what made the way he is!" (Nolan's version).

Yes, incels and alt-right shitheads are fucking losers. And Phillips sounds like a goof. But a few years down the line, I'm guessing we're all going to be wondering what the big deal was here.