Knowing what we know about those who control the modern university — that they’re steeped in secularism, liberalism, identity politics and political correctness — perhaps it’s not surprising their various responses to the Orlando massacre have sidestepped the truth.

Recent statements by several university presidents, professors and student activists have completely avoided using the words “terror” or “terrorism.” Instead, what happened in Orlando is simply called “hate,” The College Fix reports.

Talk of intolerance is also up there. Gun control has been mentioned, too. But nary a word on radical Islamic terrorism — despite the fact that the Orlando mass shooting has been billed as the largest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.

In one particularly asinine statement, UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks declared: “Now, more than ever, we must come together to fight the forces of intolerance, strengthen the foundations of our democracy, and do what we can to eliminate the unlawful use of firearms.”

Underscoring this, at a recent campus vigil for Orlando at the University of Missouri, a student speaker scolded the gay community for not being more supportive of the Black Lives Matter movement and the racial protests that overtook that campus last fall. A video of the incident is something to behold as the student says: “I wish this many people came out to our racial demonstrations and our Black Lives Matter movement. … As much as it is awesome that there’s so many people here today, but it’s, like, who are you really here for?”

Campus leaders avoid the word “terror,” and the race-based victimhood culture makes the shooting about them — just more proof much of the higher education world is out of touch with reality.