Edited to cherry-pick the responses that best support his agenda... even at that, it was obvious some of those kids thought his questions were nuts, but just didn’t want to offend. The truth is, it has forever been possible to find pockets of stupidity on college campuses and this does not signal the end of the world. In the end, it’s just another dog-whistle YouTube video.
Quite possibly as you propose, but can't know about cherry-picking unless you did the work. What you see there properly may be obvious to you, but your assumption that they simply do not wish to "offend" is an interesting take. You may be seeing politeness where, instead, there is nonplussed confusion when confronted with challenging questions. Others here may rightfully may be disturbed with the vapid and obtuse nature of those "university" students.
