I think a lot of the reason people reject political correctness/"wokeness" is because it gives the appearance of empathy and sensitivity while at the same time not acknowledging others' humanity. It's an artificial substitute to real empathy.

It might be a bit of a regional thing, as the US and Canada don't have the same pisstake culture we have in Australia/NZ/SA/Britain, but speaking from experience I can assure you that there is nothing more dehumanising than someone using politically correct language to describe the particular minority I happen to be a part of in an academic way, or refusing to make jokes at my expense because they're "too offensive".

Is that what you really think it means?

That's the end result of hyper competitive individualistic capitalism

A small but overly financially and socially influential group of people believe they can hide behind "empathy and sensitivity" to promote government mandated discrimination, corporate-government collusion of mass censorship, and the sexual abuse of children. What is in fact a great sign is that more and more people are quietly discussing among themselves as to whether they shouldn't harm that small group of woke individuals in order to secure their own safety and liberty.