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In my country, the idea of safe place were meeting where you could talk to other without fear of being judged or made fun of. Of course, it started with AA, but
by orwin 1y ago
In my country, the idea of safe place were meeting where you could talk to other without fear of being judged or made fun of. Of course, it started with AA, but in the 2000 in my area a rape survivors group created a safe place, which expended to sexual aggression safe place.
I was quite surprised in the 2010s when 'safe place' started to be made fun of online and somehow considered censorship. I always thought it was useful tools to engage in free discussions about extremely sensitive topics.
- throwaway894345 1y agoI think the idea entered the popular discourse around public universities providing designated, debate-free spaces on a public campus which certainly seems like government censorship. Tensions were exacerbated because those universities frequently tried to reserve those spaces specifically for students of certain identity categories (obvious discrimination), and they were also trying to create designated "free speech zones" on campus, suggesting free speech was not permitted elsewhere.