Thank you for putting into words what I could not. "Nerd culture" has fallen a long way since the early 2000s and your quote about decency and intersocial relations spoke to me.

It is really bizarre how everybody tries to make it about politics. While I may or may not disagree with a developer's politics, it's their conduct that I care about, and I associate those who express appreciation for anime at every possible opportunity with especially poor conduct and have yet to have encounter an exception to the rule.

The amount of flags I'm seeing for posts simply expressing disagreement on the matter is quite worrying.