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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.

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).

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.