Comments by "" (@robm8809) on "Many people have a suite of strongly held political beliefs which are part of their identity" video.

I think a lot of this is down to the fact that "the long march through the ininstitutions" has led to academia being dominated by the left. Many people are so indoctrinated by the time they finish "education", particularly if they've been to University, that it takes a lot of real-world experience to break that down. These people become agitated by opposing views as they feel their comfortable world-view crumbling, and it scares them, so they react with animosity. Of course, people indoctrinated with right-wing views can behave in exactly the same way, but few people are indoctrinated by the right these days.
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