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Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo... by hsod on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:08PM (#11481371)
> Where is the moral panic about this type of petty nonsense?

I think the difference is that petty nonsense on college campuses is publicized and quasi-institutional. If, somehow, a DMV employee was publicly and proudly making people they don't like go to the back of the line, and they had powerful people aligned with them, there would be some outrage.

While a few overzealous activists are not going to end Freedom itself, I (and apparently many others) still want to confront petty nonsense when it begins to institutionalize (by being supported by faculty/admin or influential media members).

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Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo... by fluxquanta on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:26PM (#11481566)
>If, somehow, a DMV employee was publicly and proudly making people they don't like go to the back of the line, and they had powerful people aligned with them, there would be some outrage.

What about a county clerk refusing to sign legal marriage certificates for gay couples?

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Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo... by hsod on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:35PM (#11481666)
There was huge, massive outrage about that.
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Re:Stephen Fry hits out at ‘infantile’ culture of trigger wo... by fluxquanta on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @01:37PM (#11481690)
Right, I was just illustrating that your hypothetical had a recent, concrete example.
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