There's a difference between valuing other people and cultures and exoticising and appropriation, the same way there's a difference between love and stalking :P You can argue against stalking and abusive spouses in the same breath without being hypocritical or in anyway criticising decent balanced relationships or romantic feelings, and similarly you can criticise cultural intolerance and exoticisation in the same breath without meaning that it's wrong to have opinions about other cultures at all.
Re: Basic point: philosophy > cultural studies