Yes, and that’s been stated to be a good thing, it’s been stated that it’s a good thing that we have a stand in for real life hate groups to beat on. That is activism, sorry. And this has been abundant in most of the threads talking about the retaking of Gilneas.
A few examples.
Now, considering this, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that if people see the Scarlet Crusade this way, they probably wouldn’t view the people roleplaying them too kindly, and that would lead them to stretch the truth. And this sentiment has existed for a looong time. People being very unusually weird about a specific group of villain role players on a incredibly deeply unserious videogame.