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No, fan is correct. We just forget it stands for "fanatic".
Fan was originally short for fanatic, but language changes over time and now it means someone who likes something or someone. These "people" do not like, they hate. They are not fans, they are fanatics. And even that term feels too kind.
You can't deny their personhood, just because they're horrible people.
Oh sure they're people. Otherwise there'd be no legal basis for jailing them and throwing the key away, so that's an important aspect.
Goodbye supposedly gradually derped off from 'god be with you' and that feels pretty different to me even when used for the same purpose
No one refers to people who despise X as "fans of X" or "fanatics for X".