Yes and as you say later, "That many people believe something doesn't make it true." It reminds me of a comment pane disagreement I had a few weeks ago over the word genocide. The writer with whom I was having a polite argument eventually fell back on something like, "Well 500,000 protesters agree with me." Here's the start of of the chain if you're interested: https://medium.com/@marcus17043/i-highlighted-with-approval-much-of-your-post-f4196b756f94