I stand corrected then I guess.
Professors normally eschew politics because it is a minefield. Unless you are a protected class, you don’t light that fuse. You don’t want to “trigger” some snowflake and end up before the Dept Head. Plus people hear different things.
Note: Snowflakes are very rare and tend to be mentally unbalanced anyway. Sometimes it is a front to get meds. Training for the rest of their life I suppose. You just nod your head and say “Mmmm..” frequently.