Women feel threatened by 2D anime girls and men who pretend to hate 2D anime girls use it as a cover to hide the fact that deep within their minds they would like to molest real woman & children, that or other men just virtue signaling to get female validation.

True friends will accept you as who you truly are. Hypocrites and backstabbers will be the first to criticize you and shame you over their perceived high moral horse (they are so insecure of themselves that they need to point at others to make them feel superior and less empty).