so....we should be more concerned about teachers and students hurting some kids' feelings

No?

But it remains that the social dynamics at play make a lot of young conservatives ripe for grooming.

It's kinda like being a socially awkward teen, and later becoming an Incel (capital I), and later believing that feminism is ripping society apart at its seams—there are pipelines that move people from childhood to adulthood. And sometimes these pipes stem from really simple things, like that modern city design and culture have made people really, really lonely.