My last several years with a Fortune 500 company were like living in the Soviet Union. We became afraid to even speak with people we hadn’t known for a long time as they could report us for politically incorrect ideas or even racism. There was little or no appeal if this happened. Decisions were made about guilt or innocence with no input from the accused. We had the equivalent of political officers now called ethics officers or diversity managers. I saw just one McCain bumper sticker when he ran. (The owner told me, “It’s on the back of a Prius. What are they going to say?) When I asked McCain supporters why no stickers they said they were afraid of appearing political or of getting their car keyed. Not supporting Obama was to appear racist.
Sounds like a steroids version of a few University Of SC departments when I worked there years ago.