People like to scare themselves. It’s clown-sighting season, after all.
I do not fear student evaluations. And believe me, with the low grades I give out, there are plenty who have grievances, lol. And plenty with whom I don’t see eye to eye. Even so, I have a non-tenure track position which never has to be renewed, no protection at all, yet I sleep well at night, no pronoun nightmares.
No clowns sighted yet, either, despite the rumors.