I'm satisfied with differentiating myself from them by a general deferrence to objectivity. If it's a 50:50 chance it was random, I won't presume intent. If it's an 11/12 shot, I'm willing to bet on the majority odds.

Subversion and corruption thrive on benefit of the doubt and uncertainty. They never get punched in the face for being manipulative pieces of shit because everyone's so busy handwringing over the miniscule chance it's a coincidence or a misunderstanding and each individual insult is small, they achieve their desired effect by repeating it thousands of times at zero cost.

"Everything is political" wasn't an observation for them, it was a goal, and people left them to their devices in entertainment for so long that they largely achieved that goal. Recognizing that for decades now a large amount of media has had some cultist in the writers' room slipping in positive PR for their dogma isn't falling to the dark side, it's just abandoning the cope that they haven't got power.