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In reply to the discussion: How is it NOT a display of white privilege to mock the idea of "Safe Spaces"? [View all]NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)into "bigotry" because they know their flimsy, poorly-considered ideas wouldn't last five seconds on the open marketplace of ideas that is the scientific method and Western society.
Protection against violence and harassment already exist in law. If you're being stalked or threatened with violence, call the fucking cops. Universities are meant to educate students and provide them with experiences with other cultures, philosophies, backgrounds, and beliefs, some of which may be uncomfortable or even offensive to them. If you don't want to be offended, don't go to college. In fact, just stay at home and spend your life looking for information that only confirms your preconceived notions about the world rather than challenging them and developing as a human being.
"Safe spaces" don't exist to physically protect the people inside them. They exist to intellectually shield them, and that concept is absolutely cancerous to a society based on free speech, reason, and logic.