Comment by tomrod

I might have missed a point you stated, but a few thoughts:

1. I am not sure the issue is double empathy

2. A group of people could see holding a performance standard as attacking livelihood. I believe this view ignores that the teacher chose to mis-grade a paper, so the jeopardy to livelihood is on the teacher themselves -- assuming the standard and expectation is fair. An organization needs to hire and be willing to fire based on its values.

3. Tone policing of text has a long history on the internet. Five years ago we'd accuse tone policing enforcers of expecting privilege where none should be expected if you seek a meeting of the minds. Tone policing is a weird mix of shibboleth and inability to simply state: "I disagree" and disengaging from a conversation.