Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo...
by cm2187 on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:58AM
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I don't think students are necessary worse than previous generation. Throw a stone at the French or Italian parliament and you are almost certain to hit a politician who supported Stalin or Mao in his youth. In comparison this "safe place" melodrama is rather cute.
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Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo...
by vidarh on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @07:09AM
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Not necessarily worse, but bad in a different way. Current children seems to be cocooned off from dealing with tough issues to a level far more extreme than before.
I have a 7 year old son, and the level of shielding from the outside world is a constant factor of conflict with my ex. When I see the level of freedom he has vs. what I had as a child, it's really quite depressing, and frankly most of his class mates have it worse, as most of them don't have anyone that's trying to moderate it.
It scares me to think of people growing up with that kind of filtered, blinkered view of the world, because sooner or later that filter is taken away, and they will be unprepared.