In any topic that arouses people's passions, I find that if I want to say something nice about hated group X, then if I don't identify myself as a non-X, then p

In any topic that arouses people's passions, I find that if I want to say something nice about hated group X, then if I don't identify myself as a non-X, then people dismiss what I say as another one of those "damn X-ers". It's irrational, yes. But that's human nature for you. What's surprising, and perhaps sad, is that operating systems have aroused people's passions so intensely that it has become one of those volatile topics, like the canonical religion and politics, that one must treat very carefully, and certainly not bring up at dinner.