I literally walk by all these people on a daily basis, there's nothing abnormal about any of their appearances.

I do actually think a huge part of the movement being portrayed as crybabies is the fact that leftism has been co-opted by rich liberal arts kids

No, the perception I would say obviously comes from those who have the ability to disseminate information the most, the bourgeois class and their propagandists. Simply be the change you wanna see in the world by being a working class communist, ezpz, it's what the rest of us are doing.

This video on the Alt-Right playbook might help deprogram some of your brainworms relating to identity and socialism