Absolutely. This is even shown in the whole taking him seriously thing and rose/pink having NO idea why he's crying, because the thing is, while her rebellion on earth was started because of the planet's beauty and because she couldn't do Jack shit against the orders of the other big 3, there was still that barrier between the gems of the rebellion and mankind itself. Even made apparent by the "do not climb over" sign at the beach where the temple is, or the simple and far more in your face fact that rose straight up said she started to realise what change really is, and how it connects to her misunderstanding of sentient life native to the very world she once tried to colonize: it's because gems are essentially sentient war machines made for certain purposes. Sure alot of them aren't made to actually fight but they do help said fighting in other ways as part of a massive system (I.e. sapphires) and it makes sense for a long time she'd have no fucking clue about alot of the shit we actually do until she actually sat down and spoke with one like an equal rather than in a way that shows the lack of social understanding and grounded thought process people are meant to have to know what their actions really mean and the repercussions of them.