These bits of insanity are echoing outside of the anglobubble. And it's been painted, by progressive media, as exactly what it is
El País: El estudiante eunuco - La juventud de hoy pertenece a una generación mimada que practica una especie de fascismo 'lite'.
Today's youth belongs to a spoiled generation that practices a kind of fascism 'lite'.
The incident in the OP is mentioned, but several others that we've debated in the past too.