I think it’s worse than that. I think it’s a combination of intentional ignorance and plain old bigotry.

Of course a lot of this is intentionally stirred up by very rich people who would love for the proles to be fighting against each other. This is particularly obvious if you consider the paranoia about transgender folks in US college sports. The actual number of athletes in question is incredibly small and in no way disruptive to anything, but if you watch Fox News you’d think there’s some massive threat to the stability of these sporting organizations.