In my opinion, we miss the point completely when we say that what is going on is a few libs with their feelings hurt who try to silence others. It is far, far larger. The useful idiots are the college kids who have been taught to act offended (even when they aren’t). The idea is simply part of a worldwide leftist movement (put whatever label on it you like) to silence everyone who disagrees with the totalitarian left and to give an absolute monopoly of speech on the almighty state. That is the ultimate goal. The students, the speech codes, the newspaper “style manuals” etc. are just stalking horses for the real goal—total control. This is going on everywhere in the world, in a very coordinated way.
I realize many conservatives conflate liberals and leftists. But I know some liberals (family members, friends), and they're not wacko on everything. In fact they're very conservative on certain issues.
But leftists, like Obama, are of a different bent. There's no compromise with leftists.