I think the poster was complaining that only conservative students are the target of this. There is also a wide gulf between "defending your views" and "being

I think the poster was complaining that only conservative students are the target of this. There is also a wide gulf between "defending your views" and "being berated". Especially given the power differential between student and professor - is the student supposed to fight back, and risk antagonizing the professor? I thought one of the defining traits of the US left was sensitivity to such power imbalances.