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There's a distinction between scripted public speaking in a venue where all interaction is controlled and initiating real conflict in a public place with no such control.

It's quite different appearing in public for a rehearsed routine as part of your regular work, than making an impromptu public political statement, specially for introvert types.

Both are not great but unintentional is "better" than intentional. The kind that involves intent is generally the kind that is done in a conscious manner (i.e. doing something one knows is sexism but you do it anyways, almost like planned murder is more serious a crime than manslaughter even though both end up with a dead victim).