All else equal, yes. You got it.
It's ridiculous for so many to misnomer interference with tension, as there are more attributes affecting tension than mere interference.
It's similar to relating case weight alone with capacity, or holding base to ogive (BTO) alone with any particular notion of meaning.
Same problem really, and the bigger a mob following, the lower it's ability to accept correction (a counter momentum).
This can be overcome, but I can tell you from experience that it takes decades of effort to influence actual change.