That is the implication. But the reality is they would go back to watching those things if Hollywood and professional sports would somehow go back and undo the transgressions they committed just before the point that they stopped watching.
I’ve known people that won’t watch any movies because to support a family-friendly film is to put money in coffers that fund family-unfriendly films, too.
Sports were different until teams, broadcasters, and sponsors—as a body—finally picked (the wrong) sides in the political and culture wars.
Before then, there were “sports widows” who “lost” husbands/boyfriends to whatever games were in TV. Then the wives and girlfriends took an “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” attitude to sports. This gave rise to the era of human interest stories behind the sports heroes. Especially during the Olympics. Guys bemoaned all the airtime devoted to that but were tolerant so long as game play/performance was not interrupted upon.
Enter the current era where culture and politics have finally taken the field with displays during the national anthem, uniforms with stickers and patches, end zones and fencing with slogans, sponsors with their messaging, and—worst of all—men masquerading as women in women’s sports.
I should add that I can count those people on one hand and it applied onky to going to the theater. No FReeper I’ve encountered is even that extreme.
Overall point: I don’t take those admonishments too seriously. There is a line that was crossed and that is why a few folks are hard-core about it. But the underlying thread is they would rejoin the audiences “if only…”