Whilst there will always be a few assholes that will hate for hate's sake (in whatever field or walk of life), from what I have seen, the VAST majority of SW fans that dislike TLJ neither participate in nor condone the actions of a tiny, vocal minority of dickheads who engage in reprehensible activities like trolling Kelly Marie Tran, or making death threats against Rian Johnson. By any reasonable standard, such actions are completely unacceptable and I, like the overwhelming majority of SW fans on both sides of the debate I'm sure, utterly condemn them.
Having made that very clear distinction therefore, I want to make it as plain as I can that I am getting pretty ****ing sick and tired of being tarred with the same brush as that vanishingly small crock of cunts! I am NOT racist. I am NOT sexist. I am NOT a misogynist. I do NOT hate Disney. I do NOT wish Kathleen Kennedy or Rian Johnson dead.
What I am is a lifelong Star Wars fan who felt utterly betrayed by the artistic decisions taken in TLJ, and to a lesser extent, TFA before it. I hate TLJ with a burning, undying passion because to me it is completely at odds with every single possible aspect of the preceding canon! And I'm allowed to have that opinion, whether anyone else agrees with it or not (just as they are entitled to their different opinions), without being branded as a hate peddler, or lazily lumped in with a non-existent 'substantial part of the fanbase who genuinely want to hate'. I simply don't believe such a group of people exists; certainly not a 'substantial' one, because I see no evidence for it.
I won't be going to see Episode IX because of the horrible taste left in my mouth after that talentless vandal Rian Johnson shat in it. It has nothing to do with wanting to hate anything or anyone. I WANTED to love TLJ, but sadly I didn't. I didn't WANT to hate it, but the pile of **** I saw onscreen forced me to hate it. And using that criterion, I see no reason to hand over any more cash to watch the continuation of a story which has been so comprehensively driven over a cliff. Other people are entitled to their own opinions, and if you are planning to go to see Episode IX, I really hope you enjoy it. Truly, I do. But kindly don't damn me for not going, or try to pigeon hole me as this, that or the other, simply because I hated the last film.
Lastly, one very valid observation which has been made by many people on-line, and which I have observed myself, is that with very few exceptions, of those individuals that express an opinion one way or the other about TLJ on-line, the vast majority of people who dislike TLJ criticise the film, whereas the majority of those who like TLJ criticise those people that don't! You only have to glance at any message board, youtube video comments section or any other place where people are sounding off about TLJ to see the truth of that statement. I imagine the silent majority of people who both like and dislike the film are quite content to live and let live, as we all should, however of those people who post opinions, that's what you observe. I am a perfect example of that myself; I am very critical of the film, but I am quite happy for other people to hold different opinions regarding it and I won't criticise them for doing so, even if I don't understand what exactly they find to like in the film. It's their right to like it, just as it's mine to dislike it, and just because I do dislike it, it doesn't diminish my status as a SW fan or devalue me in any way.