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Gotta find something to complain about when life is going so well or when life is not going so well but you have no control over the things that make it fail. P

by joesmo 10y ago

Gotta find something to complain about when life is going so well or when life is not going so well but you have no control over the things that make it fail. People today, at least in the US, are incredibly scared of all manner of fiction. Whether you think your supermarket will be the next ISIS target or you're actively waiting for the end of the world which you're sure will come in your lifetime, you're scared. And scared people do stupid shit and attack others. On the other hand, not everyone has a good life here. Poverty is rampant in America. But there is little individuals can do to fix their condition. So they turn against other. Make no mistake about it: demanding trigger warnings and safe spaces is an attack on others. We used to call people that demanded such things "assholes" and I see no reason to stop. As far as other parts of the world go, I never heard of anyone in Europe talking about safe spaces or trigger warnings and I'm pretty sure they don't waste breath on such stupidities over there so it doesn't seem to be an issue outside the US, though I could be wrong.

collyw 10y ago
No but the oppressive left mindset of banning everything they disagree with seems to be gaining traction.
- norea-armozel 10y ago
  Yeah because it's oppression to have student associations who have their own private offices and rented spaces to for their members and not for strangers looking to "debate" the association. What's next, folks, demand that you debate a pastor at a church because you're an atheist (or vice versa, a pastor demands the right to debate a biology professor at the college)? Your right to "speech" only applies to the public spaces of the State. So stop trying to expand free speech to mean "freedom to scream at people whenever you want."
  - joesmo 10y ago
    What you do in your own private office is your own business. No one cares. What the rest of us care about is what goes on in the classroom. I think you're missing the point completely by arguing for something that no one else here is talking about.

by joesmo 10y ago

collyw 10y ago

No but the oppressive left mindset of banning everything they disagree with seems to be gaining traction.

norea-armozel 10y ago
Yeah because it's oppression to have student associations who have their own private offices and rented spaces to for their members and not for strangers looking to "debate" the association. What's next, folks, demand that you debate a pastor at a church because you're an atheist (or vice versa, a pastor demands the right to debate a biology professor at the college)? Your right to "speech" only applies to the public spaces of the State. So stop trying to expand free speech to mean "freedom to scream at people whenever you want."
- joesmo 10y ago
  What you do in your own private office is your own business. No one cares. What the rest of us care about is what goes on in the classroom. I think you're missing the point completely by arguing for something that no one else here is talking about.