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For this I'd like citations. I'd point out, though, that even if a handful of people have been using the idea of "safe spaces" wrongly, that doesn't delegitimi

For this I'd like citations. I'd point out, though, that even if a handful of people have been using the idea of "safe spaces" wrongly, that doesn't delegitimize the concept itself. If a few students are doing wrong in the name of "safe spaces," the answer is to argue against those particular students, not against other, unrelated safe spaces.

ForHackernews 11y ago
> For this I'd like citations. I linked this above, but since you asked: https://popehat.com/2015/11/09/safe-spaces-as-shield-safe-spaces-as-sword/ https://popehat.com/2015/11/09/safe-spaces-as-shield-safe-sp... http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/how-campus-activists-are-weaponizing-the-safe-space/415080/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/how-camp...