Haidt and Lukianoff were saying this six years ago when I was in undergrad. I didn't like the way he framed it then, and I'm not a fan of it now, either. Most

Haidt and Lukianoff were saying this six years ago when I was in undergrad. I didn't like the way he framed it then, and I'm not a fan of it now, either. Most of what Haidt has been decrying all these years does have a basis, though. Leftists (myself included) tend to point out that leftist discourse is a circular firing squad. People get stomped on all the time based on objectively flimsy logic so that other people can accrue social capital. See for example the cases of Isabel Fall and Lindsay Ellis. This happens in real life --- and sometimes it makes the news and gets cited in whatever book Haidt is writing next --- but far less often than it does on the internet. The words "extremely online" are usually pejorative for a reason. I am, however, entirely unconvinced by the general message of "white liberal professor, almost 60, thinks 20-somethings would be okay if they just did CBT harder." This isn't to decry CBT or to draw a dichotomy between him and me; I just think if two presidential candidates and twenty-odd states were trying to restrict his medical care for seemingly no reason other than realpolitik and his job paid him barely enough to make rent he'd be singing a different tune.