I'm struggling to figure out what you are trying to say, but I think what you are mostly taking issue with is the phrasing "culture in academia." Fair enough. I

I'm struggling to figure out what you are trying to say, but I think what you are mostly taking issue with is the phrasing "culture in academia." Fair enough. I don't really believe all of academia is necessarily like this. Doesn't match my experience either. That having been said, writing this off as "just stupidity" and "[not] a social current" seems too reductive. Just because there's a million poorly-written articles about how "wokeism" is ruining America doesn't mean that there is no discussion to be had about the deeper fringes of ideologies. The truth is that the description of the behavior of those students sounds like situations that I've observed too, not in academics, and while I do believe a majority of people find these situations frustrating, it still seems that nobody has figured out how to reel it in and stop it from happening. Especially the mutiny part. I sincerely do not believe that a majority of people would like to act this way, but I think a majority of people would fear to speak out against it. My best attempt at drawing a conclusion is that people have become very paranoid and distrustful of one another, especially younger folks. I feel a great sense that people are constantly trying to signal that they are one of "the good ones," and maybe even a bit of resentment towards people who don't also put forth effort into signalling this. When it comes to discourse, it feels like even in circles that are less generally flippant, people have resorted to taking eachother at their worst/weakest interpretations when it comes to sensitive issues. Why? I honestly have no idea. I think the rise in mental health issues might account for at least some of it, but I'm not sure if anyone knows for sure why even that is actually happening. I can tell you that I don't believe it is a global liberal "wokeism" conspiracy. (I would, in fact, consider myself to be very liberal, anyways.) Do I have any conclusion or point here? Not really. It provokes a lot of thoughts for me, but I have no idea what to do with them.