There are many people in and around tech that disagree with the direction. They want to pushing back against mega corporations, government surveillance etc. They see CoC, Woke as part of that corporate/government apparatus.

You can watch someone like Sam Bent's or Mental Outlaws YouTube channel and you will start to understand that attitude.

> It's always horrible when your niche get poisoned by this rhetoric.

Tech like a lot of areas of life has been hyper politicised. The best thing you can do is not to play the game at all.