I can suggest some criteria for helping you decide whether to continue paying attention to the debate. How invested are you in this community? Do you post your opinions publicly? Do you want to or feel you should? If you're heavily invested, and/or post *publicly or intend to, then, yeah, keep following the controversy. Otherwise, pay as much attention as you think warranted to ensure you keep an open mind.

I can't answer the other two questions; you're my only source of info about this.

*ETA: More publicly than this.