IMO the difference is that the narrative spells it out in the Wardens' case: Nightmare played off their fears and gave them just enough rope to hang themselves. I'd assume the situation is similar with the rebel mages, but it's neither spelled out nor made very clear, which makes it easier to place all the moral blame for Redcliffe on Fiona and her fellow rebels. Alexius is also a more sympathetic bad guy than the jerkface at Therinfal Redoubt, or Magister Erimond. It's harder to put Alexius in the position of cackling villain behind the scenes when so much of his characterization is driven by his desperation to save his son.
Yes, and Alexius pretty much does what Fiona does - he sides with forces he likely knows are pretty shady. I mean, it's not really that hard to see a parallel here, especially considering how parallel-driven the story in DA, and especially DAI is.
Except the game does not make that clear. You mention that in any anti-Fiona thread and you'll be asked for proof, told you're making things up and that you're ignoring canon.
I'm not really sure what other proof people need aside from the fact that Alexius was willing to use very unstable magic that threatened to unravel the world just to secure the alliance with Redcliffe mages.
If he goes that far, the use of 'persuasion techniques' like blood magic - something common in Tevinter and certainly not uncommon among Venatori - were likely used, among other things, like (and Fiona tells is to Inky in Skyhold) shady people spreading rumors and fear among mages in Redcliffe. That, plus the threat of the Templars eventually sacking Redcliffe wasn't even that much of a lie. It's only when Inquisition and Inquisitor himself/herself intervenes that the area near Redcliffe - and the road to the town itself - gets cleared from the threat of both rogue mages and rogue Templars (add to that the fact that Lucius himself took Templars to Thierinfal Redoubt and nobody knew what he plotted, only that something fishy was going on there).
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