Career academics are usually the stupid, most rigid and narrow-minded people you will ever meet.
It is a paradox, but the times have given it proof.
They’ve lived in such a comfortable bubble that they’re at the high end of the Maslow hierarchy of needs ... and think that it is their absolute right and moral right to remain there.
That for them to be inconvenienced or told they’re wrong, hurting their feelings or not doing whatever they demand, is a sin and violation of their civil rights ... and on part with civil rights like equal access to public services and fear of being assaulted based on skin color.