“Safe Spaces” and the Mote in America's Eye

Re:“Safe Spaces” and the Mote in America's Eye by scarmig on Monday April 20, 2015 @12:35PM (#9409220)

Hmm. It doesn't seem to me that Israeli-Palestinian debates are one of the ones centered around whose feelings are hurt the most. It's an emotional discussion, to be sure, but one based around hard facts on the ground: anti-Semitism/people calling for a second Holocaust, terrorism, mass expulsion, expropriation, colonization, ethnic cleansing.

Hurt feeling debates are about nothing, typically, but Israel/Palestine is very much about something.

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Re:“Safe Spaces” and the Mote in America's Eye by IvanDenisovich on Monday April 20, 2015 @04:00PM (#9410494)

>It's an emotional discussion, to be sure, but one based around hard facts on the ground: anti-Semitism/people calling for a second Holocaust, terrorism, mass expulsion, expropriation, colonization, ethnic cleansing.

For sure, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is substantial and deals with objective reality in the middle east that actually affects the lives of millions of people. I'm just saying that the debate on my campus was never about any objective reality, and only revolved around the feelings of the participants. The main claim was on both sides "if the school adopts decision _, my feelings will be hurt really bad".

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