https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/02/why-does-gen-z-protest-everything-but-terrorism/
Today, many Gen Z college students struggle to tolerate those with whom they disagree. As hypersensitivity has grown more acute, their fears and accusations have expanded to the point of hysteria. Some even deploy the “silence is violence” meme, which construes the literal absence of words as tantamount to a physical attack.