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Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo... by sgt101 on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @08:17AM (#11478843)
Hello, there is a link in the story to another story about an incident at a university where a complaint was made about a young woman raising her hand in a debate. She was subjected to a vote of exclusion as a result of the debate but the vote failed as the majority didn't agree with the complaint. Later in the same meeting she was subjected to a complaint that she had shaken her head during a discussion because she disagreed with a point someone had made.

Is this the incident that you are referring to? It didn't seem to feature old white men to me - but I may have misread it or misunderstood, could you help?

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Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo... by mgbmtl on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @08:24AM (#11478876)
Yes that's the incident I was referring to when I said that "people will find a balance eventually", because indeed, it seems to be used in some circumstances to silence people (well, most rules are, but it's particularly ironic in this circumstance).
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