Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger words and safe spaces

Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo... by th667223 on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @08:16AM (#11478840)

I made edit and added first paragraph, just after this was submitted.

I believe my response covers it. It is very expensive or impossible to provide safe space for everyone in its current form.

And if we provide safe spaces, we should probably start at prisons, which have much harsher conditions than universities.

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Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo... by SolaceQuantum on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @08:45AM (#11478990)

I agree with that point. I only disagree with caricaturization of a viewpoint you disagree with.

I will ask, is there much wrong with a group of people organizing a safe space for themselves? It's impossible to make a public space "safe" but is it possible for individual groups to make spaces for themselves IRL? For example, my research university had an area in which LGBTQ people had meetups for bi people, LGBTQ of color, etc. I found that perfectly possible to exist.

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Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo... by th667223 on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @09:32AM (#11479382)

There is a difference between private safe space, and turning PUBLIC space into PRIVATE safe space.

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