Didn’t Stardust say similar things, albeit in more eloquent/long-winded terms?

They did, but again, that’s still a minority perspective. Most prequel fans I’ve known and talked to prefer the OUT. The number of fans who actually support the repression of the OUT is quite small.

Liking or disliking the ST has unfortunately become a good barometer for such “sides” in the culture war.

It really hasn’t. And you shouldn’t feel like you have to defend Disney Star Wars in order to be seen as on the “right side of history.”