I agree, I don't think some of the professors realize how bad it's getting. I remember there being a social-type event a couple years ago, and overhearing the head of my program talk to a professor about a complaint against him because his rotation student thought he didn't like her because she was a lesbian. He had absolutely no idea about her sexuality and was shocked and blindsided. Both were (and I believe still are) at a minimum hardcore Democrats.

The program chair's response was something to the effect of "I know, I know. Just... be careful, around these students". I mostly just remember the pause he had, it made me wonder if he realized how far it was going. Now that I'm writing this I'm also realizing that he stepped down as chair last year and that makes me wonder if it might have been connected. His replacement is a white woman huge on diversity and inclusion and goes on at length.

I know my advisor is clueless about the world outside his lab, he thinks Biden will be amazing because he "has a plan". He doesn't know the details of the plan, but he had basically the same idea and was unironically excited about Clinton in 2016. He just treats politics like a sports team and he picked the Democrats just because. I keep thinking at some point this far left plague is going to hit here like it did at Evergreen, and he's exactly the sort of guy who would blindly walk into the crosshairs.