I agree that the University scene is the most ridiculous.
Coming up behind are tight assed, grim lipped audiences of comedians who are curtailing their formerly insightful commentary on society, tailoring it into blandness, to appease these audiences.
Don’t forget the famous people (big Hollywood types down to your garden variety social media influencers) who lecture us peons in various ways. You know, the ones who fly all over the world regularly, opining about climate change and mankind's need to do better. Scolding us about keeping guns for protection when they spend $6 million annually on security. This last isnt about actual speech deniers, but let us laugh at them anyway!
I have to agree with you there. The trend in the fear of thinking beyond the knee-jerk reaction is a terrible shift on University campuses. The whole idea of college is to examine and discuss ideas. The cancel culture in particular reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode where the little boy could just make people disappear if he didn't like what they said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxTMbIxEj-E
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