Based on anecdotal evidence (from all sorts of stories from my sons’ friends at various campuses across the country) I think it’s true that the impact of SJW’s on day to day life at most schools is nowhere as great as one might think reading these threads. But that’s not to say that there’s no impact.
@SJTH – It’s at best disingenuous to draw any parallels between SJW activity at Oberlin and at Vanderbilt. That said, I think that this year’s major incident at Vanderbilt was one of the funniest stories of this sort, where a blind girl disposing of her dog’s droppings sparked a major conflagration:
http://www.vanderbilthustler.com/news/article_c099309a-8e4c-11e5-8597-b34d2f4c6cbc.html
Although the social justice craziness is not “an Oberlin issue” (as you wrote), there’s no question that @JenJenJenJen 's daughter would have a greater chance of being impacted by this sort of thing at Oberlin than at other schools, including a number of other LAC’s.
Although not an LAC, the University of Chicago has taken a very strong stance against SJW bullying and attempted censorship. Their “Chicago Principles” (as they’ve come to be known) are a strong statement that the school will not allow debate to be shut down by demands for trigger warnings, etc., and are becoming a model for the universities that want to take a firm stand on this issue. http://mag.uchicago.edu/university-news/opening-inquiry
You can’t seriously claim that Oberlin would ever be a school that would adopt these principles.
Exclusive of the Karega controversy (yet to be resolved), earlier this year over 300 Jewish students, alumni, faculty, and parents charged in an open letter that there is a “divisive and damaging environment” at Oberlin for students who not only express support for Israel, but who simply want to eat Kosher food (as the Oberlin Kosher food co-op was expelled from the Oberlin Student Co-op Association).
https://sites.google.com/site/oberlinagainstantisemitism/
@dave72 – My sister (whose politics are way on the left) teaches at a major private university in New England. She has certainly encountered bullying in and out of her classes when it comes to the expression of certain views. Maybe it’s because she teaches public policy and maybe you teach something unrelated to social science/issues, but again, I think it’s a bit of a sales job here on this thread for you to imply that this sort of thing is not a potential issue for a kid considering Oberlin.