This thread has some serious brigading going on. University man doesn't like changing cultural norms, engages in bad faith actions to make those norms look ridiculous. People treat him like a pariah for doing it, and his work satisfaction suffers.
It seems to me, not knowing this man personally, that he has taken the example of Socrates to heart. Believe so completely in an ideal, that you seal your own fate.
I think he’s pointing out that cultural norms are getting out of control, and sometimes absurd. Not enough critical thinking is taking place. In it’s place is knee-jerk outrage.
Which norms are you referring to here specifically? Students today are very unsure about what values they still need to fight for and the message of some activists seems unclear.
For a moment there it sounded like you were equating his inflammatory research with the feces left by his office and the vandalism of sound equipment during his sessions.
Many of the responses he has gotten would be criminal outside the institutional process. It's a specious comparison.
