I always see this bandied about as axiomatic, but I'm really curious if: a. this pertains outside of "softer" subjects and and the liberal arts b. this isn't a case of overblown media coverage of the occasional "how dare you say XYZ".
I'm a little skeptical of it because I know SV types love to pooh pooh academia, but I went to a devotedly conservative college (and a decade ago) so I'm hoping to hear from someone with recent experience and a lack of that implicit contempt for formal education.
obviously the pro-Palestinian protests exposed some serious issues with respect to speech on campus, but I'm more curious about the typical daily experience of students. are the morality police really so widespread, or is it overrepresented and limited to individual overzealous types and colleges like Oberlin with a reputation for such?