Interesting points. I think that also illogical political correctness now is spreading the culture of protecting those "being offended". You can't criticise some idea, as you may be easily tagged as the one who is hurting someone's religious or political feelings. They confuse criticizing the ideology with criticizing individuals. A lot of groups hijack and exploit this in order to protect themselves against any criticism. This political correctness comes in very handy for them.
It is related to type of logical fallacy called appeal to emotion (or less common - righteous indignation)