It's not an invented problem. Multiple college acquaintances of mine have specifically announced they're ostracizing people for a similar naming dispute at my a

It's not an invented problem. Multiple college acquaintances of mine have specifically announced they're ostracizing people for a similar naming dispute at my alma mater. I'm not saying you'll be instantly expelled from polite society for disagreeing with the consensus, but there's an increasing range of topics where you have to seriously weigh whether the benefit of thinking critically about them is worth the risk of losing friends.