I had to teach my young sons that "guilt by association" may not be "fair," but it is VERY real!!! I told them the sad tale of woe a young inmate in CA state prison told me while I was working as a CO in my youth. He said he simply jumped in when a car load of his buddies pulled over to the curb in that shiney new expensive car, thinking maybe it belonged to the driver's dad, or something. That got him a multi-year sentence to start out life with. So sad!!!
Yes, flirting with things such as pro-abortion groups, rights for illegal aliens, gun control, etc has consequences.