Re:The Developer Formerly Known as FreeBSDGirl
by makomk on Friday January 01, 2016 @09:21AM
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Honestly, the complaints about "safe spaces" at universities are largely bullshit. From what I've seen, most of the people who were supposedly "silencing" those they disagree with were actually trying to get as many people to read their opponents' views in full, because they think it can only help them. On the other hand, the articles complaining about "safe spaces" and "silencing" carefully avoid repeating what the person supposedly being silenced actually said, because they know it'll hurt their argument if - for example - they admit that a particular feminist wasn't welcome because she'd successfully campaigned for trans women to be denied access to rape counselling and domestic violence services.
I'm more worried about articles like this one. To give some context, the author of this article has a lovely habit of telling anyone she disagrees with to go kill themselves over on Twitter. She also thinks that complaining about this is harassment and has got Twitter support to force people to delete Tweets that do so in the past. For obvious reasons, some people thought this made her unsuitable to speak about online harassment. This article is her attempt to lump everyone who did so in with a literal rape supporter.
I'm more worried about articles like this one. To give some context, the author of this article has a lovely habit of telling anyone she disagrees with to go kill themselves over on Twitter. She also thinks that complaining about this is harassment and has got Twitter support to force people to delete Tweets that do so in the past. For obvious reasons, some people thought this made her unsuitable to speak about online harassment. This article is her attempt to lump everyone who did so in with a literal rape supporter.