I suspect there are people out there who are like me in many ways who read articles like this and decided to vote Trump last November. I can almost understand why one would, even if I don't agree and voted Clinton without hesitation. I thought even this piece was watered down a bit. It defended Mr. Weinstein more on free speech than on making intelligent arguments (regardless of their validity) and criticized the protesters more on their restriction of free speech than on their lack of intelligent arguments.
I wonder how someone could get the impression that a centrist candidate like Clinton supports this kind of thing in any way. The students here are entirely outside of the mainstream of Democratic politics. It's unclear what ideological home or foundation these shenanigans actually have.
The mentality I'm speculating on is that some would view Clinton as an appeaser, including to people like this, while they'd view Trump as a bastard who would tell them to get lost.