Yup. I’ve been in plenty of internet discussions over the years were outwardly maybe it could have looked like maybe I “lost” but it came up later or something like that where someone I didn’t really know or knew tangentially who wasn’t involved in the discussion mentioned they were glad I said what I said.

The shills always have and always will outnumber the reasonable people but they aren’t swaying nearly the people they think they are, certainly not in the direction they want.