There is another massive difference here. These students are not bravely standing up against a society or powers that are oppressing them, in the hope of creating change; these students are shouting loudly and disruptively at other folks who have nothing to do with the purported issue. It is as though I were to go into my neighbor's and say I was going to squat on their couch until the price of gasoline goes down. We have become so addicted to virtue-signaling that we now confuse it with making a difference, and believe that our voices are inherently so valuable that we are entitled to scream at random strangers under the guise of enlightening them.
There is another massive difference here. These students are not bravely standing up against a society or powers that are oppressing them, in the hope of creating change; these students are shouting loudly and disruptively at other folks who have nothing to do with the purported issue. It is as though I were to go into my neighbor's and say I was going to squat on their couch until the price of gasoline goes down. We have become so addicted to virtue-signaling that we now confuse it with making a difference, and believe that our voices are inherently so valuable that we are entitled to scream at random strangers under the guise of enlightening them.
A compelling and amusing analogy!