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There are some great quotes in this piece. In particular, discussion on the tradeoff between feeling safe and intellectual honesty (which requires some discomfo
by gringoDan 7y ago
There are some great quotes in this piece. In particular, discussion on the tradeoff between feeling safe and intellectual honesty (which requires some discomfort).
> Haidt and Lukianoff quote Jeannie Suk Gersen, a Harvard law professor who says that discussing rape law in the classroom “has become so difficult that teachers are starting to give up on the subject.” She adds that if law professors stop mentioning sexual assault, that “would be a tremendous loss—above all to victims of sexual assault.”
Reminds me of this clip from Van Jones re: safe spaces on college campuses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zms3EqGbFOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zms3EqGbFOk