@liminal
I'm not sure. Maybe. Examining it is why I find it fascinating.

It feels reminiscent of the putting down of punk music in the 70s into 80s. The dismissing of rap as music in the 80s into the early 90s.

A group of people decided to create something different than what was given to them. Organically, people started embracing it. And the establishment ignored it at first before trying to discredit or destroy it.