And quite a few shows (e.g. "Soap") used just being gay as the punchline. Like, just the fact that a guy preferred other guys was the whole joke.

And I speak as a tech-savvy low middle manager- It is a wonderful thing, but I credit first and foremost my long education in social skills as the factor which has brought me the most joy and fulfillment.

Her assertion is flatly refuted by even a cursory glance at who rises in the world and who doesn't.
The math whiz with poor social skills stalls out as a low middle manager. The gregarious social butterfly becomes head of sales and the chief dealmaker entrepreneur.

Their radicalization origin story is always the same: I was forced to acknowledge the humanity of people I consider inferior.
Being forced to see a rainbow flag drives them into a (quite literally) murderous rage.

Yggy & The Nates: Worst garage band ever.

Compared to say, Andor where the resistance is a dozen squabbling factions and complex compromised leaders some of whom seem at cross-purpose and arguably only a slight improvement over the Empire.

Cathartic redemptive violence led by a solo charismatic hero is the seed-germ of fascism.

Even in V, ppl don't argue and negotiate and form messy coalitions, its all just standing around slackjawed until the hero delivers their masks and marching orders.

So...yeah, the Venn diagram is a circle.

Noteworthy that the ppl screaming loudly for "overturning the entire system" have never, ever, won even the smallest local election.
Like not even being a pivotal faction that swings a local school board or county commissioner race.

They exist solely as online phantoms screeching in the void.