Yes. Both those questions- the answer is yes. Citizens dont ask for rewards for performing their civic duty- whether that includes educating yourself on important issues or engaging with the government to further your positions. Increasingly they do this in liberal universities in america- you get points just for showing up places, you get points for not being awful in class, you get points for repeating garbage propoganda. Its because they run their universities like businesses and treat students like consumers. Consumers dont want to actually learn- they want to feel good about themselves and they want good grades and a diploma so they can get jobs they wont know how to do. Folks who want NLUS to be the same way- this is what awaits you.

Ideology IS clearly taking over academic rigor in universities. Not even just elite universities- even universities here. There is so little room to disagree without someone - usually students- calling you a bigot that of course academic rigor is gonna go for a toss and ideology is gonna take over. Whats worse this post modern brain worm has convinced us rigor is somehow an elitist thing to want- instead of the thing to want if you have integrity. Theres little to no rigor in indian law schools and when young idealistic professors try to have some of it- they get punished in course evaluations and eventually quit academia.

For me, this video sums it up. A JNU humanities professor (non-left) is blocked from entering his office by two students, who are protesting against the Modi government. He films the incident and asks them: "On what grounds are you preventing me from entering my office?". A girl replies: "Social justice ideology". 🙄

https://twitter.com/MakrandParanspe/status/828507791727878144

Israel/ Hamas is not a culture war. Its a real war. And calling out failing academic standards is not Gen Z bashing. And even if it were- Gen Z is not some protected fragile community anymore than boomers. If you want to moderate a website where other lawyers are going to express their opinions- if you want to be a lawyer yourself. You have to at least entertain the thought that decent people might disagree with your world view. If you are very convinced of your own self righteousness- that would allow misinformation to guide you down some very dark paths. There wasnt ever a nazi who had serious self doubts no?