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Why wouldn't it be? The salience of the topic, as well as the generally pro-inclusivity point of view in much of the IT world (as far as I can tell) would make it a prime topic of weird conspiracy theories to a brain that is prone to creating them.

EDIT: also it's still fair enough to be critical about these things. schizophrenia is no 'excuse' in that sense.

I'm not defending said theories at all, just saying that my experience with schizophrenics is that they are very much influenced by the topics that are relevant in their surroundings.

It's easy to empathize with the mentally ill as long as they don't personally affect you and/or your high horses.