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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 13 Jun 2017

    Democracy Has No Place for Safe Spaces https://areomagazine.com/2017/06/12/democracy-has-no-place-for-safe-spaces/ … via @areomagazine

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      1.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 13 Jun 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @AreoMagazine

        "Safe space" = criticism-free zone for aspiring tyrannies. Wholly incompatible with a free society.

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      2. rohan kapitany‏ @Psycasm 13 Jun 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @AreoMagazine

        This has nothing to do with safe spaces...? It's a buzzword used only in the headline...

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      3. 莫龍山‏ @mrgenius 13 Jun 2017
        Replying to @Psycasm @sapinker @AreoMagazine

        it's definitely about safe spaces. you're thinking at the word level. a safe space=a place where you're shielded from free speech.

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      2. Tony Duncan‏ @tonydunc 13 Jun 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @AreoMagazine

        Concept of "safe spaces" is being abused, but has a very important necesary value in certain situations. Complimentary to freedom of speech

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      3. Molly Gum‏ @MollyGumAz 13 Jun 2017
        Replying to @tonydunc @sapinker @AreoMagazine

        How do you figure? Don't safe spaces create censorship of opposing views?

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      4. Tony Duncan‏ @tonydunc 13 Jun 2017
        Replying to @MollyGumAz @sapinker @AreoMagazine

        Yes, but in therapeutic situations can be crucial to decrease defensiveness and allow people to express their real feelings/thoughts

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      5. Molly Gum‏ @MollyGumAz 13 Jun 2017
        Replying to @tonydunc @sapinker @AreoMagazine

        Fair point, but should those spaces take place on university campuses where freedom of thought and speech are core values?

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      6. Tony Duncan‏ @tonydunc 13 Jun 2017
        Replying to @MollyGumAz @sapinker @AreoMagazine

        Tony Duncan Retweeted Niskanen Center

        I like this take.https://twitter.com/niskanencenter/status/874710463182848000 …

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        Niskanen CenterVerified account @NiskanenCenter
        Op-ed: Why walking out is better than shouting down | @jtlevy https://niskanencenter.org/blog/op-ed-walking-better-shouting/ … pic.twitter.com/sYnhebjfWB
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      1. Monogamous Serotonin Free Postmodernist Lobster‏ @davidBlandry 22 Jun 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @AreoMagazine

        So why do controversial conservative speakers at universities need 'safe spaces' free from protesters?

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      1. Robin Turner‏ @bold_sir_robin 14 Jun 2017
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        The problem is not safe spaces; it's the attempt to turn public spaces into safe spaces. The essence of a safe space is that it's private.

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      1. Sweat Shop Sissy‏ @sweatshopsissy 13 Jun 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CathyYoung63 @AreoMagazine

        Speaking of #NoSafeSpacesMovie

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