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But you dont see into my head and can not say if I have a PTSD or not. It is like saying what form of suffering is worse, or what religion is right. Anyway I b

But you dont see into my head and can not say if I have a PTSD or not. It is like saying what form of suffering is worse, or what religion is right. Anyway I believe that it is already covered well. There is anti harassment law. And treating rape victim badly is fast way to loose friends. We are not talking about tiny fraction of people, but majority of population has some skeleton in the closet. Stats says that up to 25% women are rape victims, should all of them get a safe space? Also does this cover men? Prison rape jokes are quite popular on mainstream TV. And it is still socially acceptable to say that 12 year old boy "got lucky" with older lady. And how about war veterans with PTSD?

SolaceQuantum 11y ago
I don't believe you adressed my point within the context of my point in response to a facetious caricature of trigger warning as an extreme response to the concept of having trigger warnings.
- th667223 11y ago
  I made edit and added first paragraph, just after this was submitted. I believe my response covers it. It is very expensive or impossible to provide safe space for everyone in its current form. And if we provide safe spaces, we should probably start at prisons, which have much harsher conditions than universities.
  - SolaceQuantum 11y ago
    I agree with that point. I only disagree with caricaturization of a viewpoint you disagree with. I will ask, is there much wrong with a group of people organizing a safe space for themselves? It's impossible to make a public space "safe" but is it possible for individual groups to make spaces for themselves IRL? For example, my research university had an area in which LGBTQ people had meetups for bi people, LGBTQ of color, etc. I found that perfectly possible to exist.
    - th667223 11y ago
      There is a difference between private safe space, and turning PUBLIC space into PRIVATE safe space.

SolaceQuantum 11y ago

I don't believe you adressed my point within the context of my point in response to a facetious caricature of trigger warning as an extreme response to the concept of having trigger warnings.

th667223 11y ago
I made edit and added first paragraph, just after this was submitted. I believe my response covers it. It is very expensive or impossible to provide safe space for everyone in its current form. And if we provide safe spaces, we should probably start at prisons, which have much harsher conditions than universities.
- SolaceQuantum 11y ago
  I agree with that point. I only disagree with caricaturization of a viewpoint you disagree with. I will ask, is there much wrong with a group of people organizing a safe space for themselves? It's impossible to make a public space "safe" but is it possible for individual groups to make spaces for themselves IRL? For example, my research university had an area in which LGBTQ people had meetups for bi people, LGBTQ of color, etc. I found that perfectly possible to exist.
  - th667223 11y ago
    There is a difference between private safe space, and turning PUBLIC space into PRIVATE safe space.