My daughter and her husband are working at UW. They are not strangers to the permeating political winds. They moved from VA, where it was worse.
I was talking to them about the whole pronoun thing. They told me that the students were all about making sure everyone got their pronouns “right.” My son in law had several classes, and my daughter a couple at two different universities. So, 20-30 students, each for them.
I just said, “That must be exhausting.” They both just shook their heads and said , “It is….”
They are used to it. They can play along. And they are more liberal than my wife and me. But they still talk to us…and we laugh about stuff.
I was more concerned about the crime in Richmond. That place was scary and they lived in a decent neighborhood. Madison is a breath of fresh air over that. That, and they have decent hospitals for my daughter to deliver our grandbaby!
I remember back when Wisconsin had to photoshop a black guy onto its student catalog.
I will give them kudos on the hospitals. The VA Hospital that I use is fantastic. No complaints, there.