What most of the DUmmies apparently don't get is that the price of living in a free society is that those freedoms you enjoy also extend to those whose views you may disagree with or find flat- out repulsive.
For instance, Black Lives Matter's activists have often spewed blatant hate speech against whites, the DUmmies regularly spew hate speech against conservatives, Christians, Republicans, white people, pro- lifers, etc.. I find their views horrible, but as long as it's not directly inciting violence or crime, it is protected by their First Amendment rights. I wish the DUmmies could apply that same "Live and Let Live" scenario to those who disagree with them (A guy can dream, can't he?).
"The only reason it's a thing now is because the media is pushing it so they can drive ratings."
DINGDINGDINGDINGDING! WE HAVE A WINNAH!
Whenever possible, the media inflames and exaggerates controversies and headlines in order to boost ratings. This is why, for instance, they referred to the activists on the conservative side of the Charlottesville incident as "White Nationalists," even though I'm sure only a very slim minority of them were actually white nationalists/ white supremacists. Using the term "White Nationalists" sells a lot more papers and gets a lot more people to tune in to news reports of the incident than using the term "Conservative activists."