I think the backlash was fed by insistence dwarf planets are not just a subtype of planets, it's such a "well ackchyually" type thing to choose that name for it regardless of how valid it was to break out the category that I'm not sure it'll ever stop being talked about.

Even something as simple as "planets" contains "major planets" and "minor planets" would have avoided 20 years of people arguing about the names instead of caring to learn what's different about them. But you never hear people explaining why the IAU insists "dwarf planets" aren't "planets" even when "dwarf planets" has several subcategories which don't share the "planet" moniker, you just hear people argue about missing Pluto or call other people ignorant of the technical details of the categories.