2/ a tiny group of wannabe radicals cheapen the concept with the silly idea that the presence of a speaker creates a
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3/ campus-wide "unsafe space." Have yet to find one person who supports that notion. Not one.
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So if nobody supports that position, what's the problem?
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Meant nobody online -- the idea holds some sway on campuses, though def not a problem of world-historical proportions
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I'd say that in my experience 95% of people accused of holding that view don't actually hold it.
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@studentactivism I think there are real and ongoing attempts to get speakers cancelled or convince them to pull out on these grounds1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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The stated grounds are typically "you're an asshole and I don't want the college paying you $100K to spoil my graduation."
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@studentactivism No one is being made unsafe because Condi was invited to appear on your campus3 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
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Rutgers faculty: "an honorary…degree should not honor someone who participated in a political effort to circumvent the law."
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@studentactivism Oh, sure. I think part of what's happening is I was making a really narrow argument in a short post, and people are1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
2/ @studentactivism assuming I have other, seemingly related opinions about "PC culture" or "liberalism" or whatever, which I don't. I
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@studentactivism think a ton of this stuff is overblown and wrote about it in context of microaggressions earlier today1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@studentactivism http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/09/microaggression-complaints-and-victimhood.html … It's ONLY the "unsafe spaces" anti-speaker argument that bugs me.2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes - Show replies
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