I don't think so. They are deliberately ignoring the side of the coin they don't like (a non ethno-state based on freedom and equality who has had a positive role in the history of mankind) because they are afraid that we don't take into account the side of the coin they care about, namely that all those rights and laws are mostly paper until some decide to make them more real.

If anything those perspectives need to be reunited rather than ignoring one for the other.

The history of humanity is filled with horrors and humans have done the worst to other humans but it is also true that nowhere in history has humanity been, on average, safer.

For that we have to thank all of those who believed in something better and made actual efforts to make a difference

I think it comes from the all-billionaires-are-evil mindset, which I see more and more of

It might be a you-problem then because that is not what they were about is about and yet you are the one grouping them together.

I am not saying categorization is bad, nor even that yours was unreasonable, but let's not forget the purpose of categories: Not having to think about difference, complexities

You would have done better to address and/or counter their points