Get your head out of the sand, Anchovies.
"Data from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s (FIRE) survey of over 55,000 student voices across the higher education world demonstrates the depth of this fear. Half of all students (50%) report that they self-censor occasionally or more often because of how students, a professor or the administration would respond on campus. Both men (50%) and women (50%) self-censor occasionally or more often and there is no racial gap.
The tension is palpable on campus. Students consider their reputations before sharing their opinions in class and a majority of students (56%) state that they worry about damaging their reputation based on their words and ideas. This is true across race, gender and school type.
Unsurprisingly, then, students feel immense pressure to avoid discussing controversial topics in classes. An astonishing 72% of all students assert that they feel at least some pressure to avoid talking about certain topics in class. This is a travesty for American higher education - classrooms are designed to be the very spaces where ideas are shared and debated and that is not happening today."
The fear on campuses is real.