I'm skeptical that adding CT will have adverse affects to LTC on a socioeconomic level.
CT is only part of the solution to privacy/anonymity.
Let's face it, the recent effect in anonymous coins is mostly because of hype (or over expectations). I do agree that it would not really affect LTC's price (unless certain groups decide something else). Bad thing is that in the past 2 years cryptocurrencies are restraining from adoption more and more. We have a new "gimmicks race", which probably leads to nowhere.