For example, many people referred to her as a "right-winger" but also glossed over the fact that she was a Democrat. To state the obvious, her views are not consistent with the national Democrat party but that is more than a minor detail to some people (Ross)
Racism is certainly a scourge and needs to be annihilated but there are many decent people out there that do not need to be "educated" about avoiding bigotry and racism. However, that is not what the protestors at those colleges are saying and the media narratives over the years have made things worse, in the view of the author of this report (Wolff)