Leftists are never allowed to own negative stereotypes - just ask any leftist! I noticed the scalded-cat reaction of the left to being called snowflakes. They reflexively recoiled and disproved the axiom of “sticks and stones...”.
Then they started hurling it back at us. Only in their case they did so inappropriately and ineffectually. In their little rat brains, having (or worse, espousing!) a different opinion = being offended. And of course on the left being offended means being outraged. And being outraged = snowflake.
They even take it to the point where making a dismissive comment = outrage = snowflake. It’s their Alice through the looking glass perception of left-wingers perception of right-wingers perception of left-wingers. They feeeeeeeeel that they know us when they don’t even know themselves.
As I’ve often pointed out a normally sane person has an easier time understanding insanity because everyone has a bit of crazy they cope with where a truly insane for reason of Cultural Marxism person cannot understand sanity.