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In reply to the discussion: Suppose a group has declared a "safe space" on public property or a place of public accommodation [View all]Orrex
(63,191 posts)3. Does your hypothetical group intend to declare a permanent "safe space?"
Does the group have any authority to do so?
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Suppose a group has declared a "safe space" on public property or a place of public accommodation [View all]
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
OP
In other words a permit or rental agreement with a government agency or public institution
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#75
No, my reply is deliberate. If those wanting the privilege of safe spaces cannot define them.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#10
Ah. So you don't actually know what a safe space is, just what you've heard...
Cerridwen
Sep 2016
#12
Are you saying that I can hang out at your campsite at Yellowstone National Park?
jberryhill
Sep 2016
#37
In the OP is specificed public propert and places of public accommodation.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#63
I suppose if someone wanted to pick nits they could make a claim "private groups" had to be
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#74
"the party entering into the agreement is not given license to engage in unlawful activity."
Orrex
Sep 2016
#99
If I obtain a permit to host an Atheists' Club meeting in a pavilion at a public park...
Orrex
Sep 2016
#112
"I suggested an example where such exclusion would be reasonable and permitted."
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#120
Actually, it looks as though he's bothered by something he says doesn't exist.
Cerridwen
Sep 2016
#36
Uh, I didn't offer an answer nor say I had an answer, "correct," correct, or otherwise.
Cerridwen
Sep 2016
#14
Um, this is easy, you use the same bubbles that they have at Safe Space University
snooper2
Sep 2016
#9
Apparently Nuclear Unicorn wants to crawl into your tent at your campsite in Yosemite
jberryhill
Sep 2016
#39
Those institutions granting permits have rules they have to operate under; civil rights law being a
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#46
The hatred for people of color by a small group of mutual congratulators on this forum is remarkable
alcibiades_mystery
Sep 2016
#65
If a convicted predatory child rapist hangs out at a public playground, can he be removed?
Orrex
Sep 2016
#69
The predator had to be charged with a specific misdeed and then convicted.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#73
So, you were totally unaware that's what the OP was referring to. Okay.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#93
That's not really an analagous situation to what is described in the OP.
Warren DeMontague
Sep 2016
#124
I'd imagine the same way we reacted to an individual arriving uninvited to a toddler's birthday part
LanternWaste
Sep 2016
#86
"It's not very often that a creep comes into a afternoon buffet restaurant and sits uninvited"
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#91
One example of inclusion does not exonerate every other example of exclusion.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#96
White people don't have a great track record of supporting people of color
loyalsister
Sep 2016
#109
Those who want safe space are free to establish them on private property.
Agnosticsherbet
Sep 2016
#128
Campus organizations have by-laws, charters, scheduled meeting times and places, etc.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#131