It seems my school can be pretty divided over this kind of stuff sometimes. If someone speaks up about something, there is always one group that hushes them or tells them they're making a big deal out of nothing, etc. Even on my FB post about this speaker, I had a classmate pretty much tell me to look at the positives of what he said. Didn't realize there were positives, and there was no misinterpreting what he said.
At least in my class particularly, we've had blow-ups over things like religion, politics, and other sensitive issues. Certain groups/people are definitely catered to and their interests are protected over others, who are often not recognized when it comes to exam scheduling around religious holidays (for example). When the deans rescheduled two exams that fell on the Friday and Monday of Easter last year because maybe a handful of people demanded it, other religious classmates, who aren't Christian, were pretty upset that they still don't even get considered for this kind of stuff. The list of examples could go on.
I keep to myself for the most part because I'm getting pretty disenchanted with a few people in my class at this point. You can definitely predict how someone will react to something/treat someone after spending 8 hours a day with them for 2.5 years, lol. Doesn't make me want to roll my eyes any less.
