by "everyone" i mean "everyone in power in liberal institutions" tbf

I just sat through 6 hours of grad school orientation at a CSU and it would serve as a good counter weight to this. Strong pro-dei flavor, perhaps even an certain flavor of defiance too.

*flavor twice, style coach in my brain screaming

Of course, no one ever means state schools in these kinds of discussions, so there's that.

Sure, but was the “awokening” originally institution-driven or did they merely adapt to it? I think the latter. And I believe given improving public opinion on trans people and DEI since the election, that institutions would eventually adapt again if Trumpist pressure and intimidation were absent

yeah the same cowards who turned against it this year will come back as soon as the wind changes