What these students grew up with is an apt analogy of what has happened to national politics and the frantic attempts of the ownership class (media, politicians) to shift the national dialogue to the right.  

Here we have two right wing politicians; one of whom, a pro war, pro Wall St. shill, is under constant attack for her "liberal" views; and the other of whom is hiding behind the wacky end of ultra-nationalism, and making off-hand racist and sexist remarks to burnish his street cred with the true believers.

I used to wonder why democrats never defended the word "liberal" when it came under attack during the Reagan era as part of this shift to the right---It's because they aren't; they're just democrats, and something they thought they should be all these years is now a dirty word, and not cool anymore.

It's why Bernie Sanders, carrying the liberal banner, got the media and democratic shut-out---And why Trump can say any idiotic thing and it's on every news feed on earth.