It's not ideal, but for these kinds of actions, there is no such thing as an ideal situation for it to come out, or at least not to me.
What if he's the exception to your supposed rule? Original Twitter post from Anna Akana: Allie Goertz posted something back in November alluding to Max Landis too.
Also a dangerous way to think.
While some were more straight forward, many of these started out passive aggressive, and eventually led to people willing to speak out on the matter.
Common sense things sometimes aren't actually correct, you know.
It's entirely possible for someone to be full of bluster in the public eye, but be a reserved person privately.