[betty boop]

Plato was an unmitigated ass. following such an one is an awful irredeemable blot on the character, no matter how otherwise admirable. argument with such an one is a profitless and irritating way to squander time.

Nobody has objected to this statement at of yet. That's why I inferred it must be "politically correct" to hold Plato in contempt over at DC.

[ahayes]

You really shouldn't leap to conclusions like that, you're bound to fall flat on your nose. I can think of multiple other explanations.

1. The topic of Plato may have been hashed out elsewhere (somewhere in those other 27,000 posts), and people aren't interested in talking about it again.
2. People simply don't care enough about Plato to debate it.
3. Perhaps many there have reached the same conclusion through examination of Plato's works.

As you can see, there are many possible interpretations besides your default negative "they're just puppets" explanation.