Columnist missed the mark on this one--the lesson that the kid needs to learn is that her righteous indignation and sanctimonious evangelizing don't *do anything* except make her feel superior to those less woke than she.

Deradicalizing people is long, hard work and you don't make headway on that work without patience and kindness.

(And, well: some disprivileged people would rather allies not try to explain or talk about social justice to other privileged people with the aim of helping them suck less. Other disprivileged people view that very thing as a bare minimum for allyship work.

Because Minorities Are Not A Hivemind and only the very occasional and very broadest topics get broad-scale agreement.)