The media and fanboys love to play up this sort of thing, unfortunately. Once I went to a birthday party for a guy I knew from volunteering at the Magic of Myth exhibit. He was a big Trekkie as were all of his buddies. I think they were more afraid of me giving them a hard time than the other way around but everything went fine. I also watched the old Trek reruns in the '70s, seen all of the Trek flicks, watched Next Gen with my fellow dorm rats in college, and for a couple of years there stuck it out with DS9 and Voyager. My older fan friends were all Trek fans, so I went with them to a lot of the cons during the '90s. I don't consider myself a huuuuge fan but I like Trek overall. The franchise has had tough times over the past few years and it's nice to see it poised for a bit of a comeback. But I just cringe at how everything needs to be at SW's expense.