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> I understand what you're getting at, but some people really do have PTSD, and some speeches really do contain things like graphic recountings of abuse. Should
by xienze 12y ago
> I understand what you're getting at, but some people really do have PTSD, and some speeches really do contain things like graphic recountings of abuse. Should those people just not attend university?
Perhaps don't attend that speech then? Life at a university doesn't involve dodging "pro rape" speeches blasted over the PA system multiple times a day.
The recent article about the "safe spaces" full of coloring books and toys notes that people were fleeing to those rooms simply because _someone was on campus giving a speech that challenged their beliefs / "triggered" them_. If universities are catering to folks that simply can't handle the thought of someone with a conflicting viewpoint talking on campus then the ideals of the university truly are dead.
- derefr 12y agoMy argument is that whether the idea of a "safe space" is warranted, and who should be allowed to make use of such a space, are different questions. A "safe space" might have valid medical reasons to exist—in fact, it would likely be a concept quite easily unified with that of a counselling office. But, for it to have the correct incentive structure, it would probably require you to get a note from a real honest-to-god psychiatrist at the beginning of the year before you could make use of it. Otherwise you end up in the stupid rut of the "ignorant-but-unaware-of-it" people avoiding the very properties of an education designed to bash their narrow views open.
- chippy 12y agoOne line I read recently from an article stuck with me. By allowing a "safe space" it implies that everywhere else is an "unsafe space".