The older I get the more I just see these kinds of threads like I see politics: Exaggerate your "opponents" weaknesses, underplay/ignore its strengths and so on. So if something no matter how disproportionate can be construed to be, or be associate with, a current zeitgeist with a negative sentiment, it's an opportunity to gain ground.

I really don't understand why people get so obsessed with their tools that it turns into a political battleground. It's a means to an end. Not the end itself.