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.”
I would say that when a decent enough percentage of negative reviews mention idpol stuff, it has. Also, when you have people like Geeks + Gamers, TheQuartering, YellowFlash, CriticalDrinker, Star Wars Girl, Mauler, and others on the dislike side, it’s unfortunately become that. The reasonable complaints get drowned out.
And I actually like the ST. Well, fanedits of the ST. Quite frankly, I need fanedits to watch any post-ESB movie in the franchise. But I did enjoy the base ST more than the base PT!