Unpopular opinion: PC policing is going WAY TOO far. [View all]

[ram2008]

I know this may be unpopular here, but three videos which are going viral on Reddit and Twitter are showing just how out of control this is getting.

The first video shows a photographer from the video trying to snap photos on a college campus where he is told he is not allowed to, and that he's violating everyone's "safe space" all while getting verbally assaulted and threatened by students saying he doesn't have a right to take their picture, at the end of the video one professor calls out that she "needs some muscle here" to get rid of the guy filming the encounter. He was completely in the right being there considering he is a journalist and a student at the University..

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The second video is a professor parrying a verbal assault by a student who is upset about an e-mail going out saying that students have the right to free speech with their costumes, but should avoid wearing stuff that offends others. She freaks out about how allowing these costumes somehow makes students feel unsafe at the university etc. Apparently the administrations efforts were not enough for her...:

"It is not about creating an intellectual space, it is about creating a home here!" No sorry, it's about creating an intellectual space, that's what university is about, going out of your comfort zone and growing as a person.

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And finally, we have the voice of reason as the Professor defends his position and gives the students a lesson in free speech in this video, the students yell about how offensive speech should be banned, the professor responds: Who gets to decide its offensive? and another student cries out "When it hurts me, when it's offensive to me!." Yikes, so anything that is offensive should not be allowed under free speech?

I'm sorry but I just don't see how this type of behavior helps anyone. Shouting over opposing views, trying to silence free speech, safe spaces, attempting to ban everything deemed offensive. I recognize the need for increased consideration towards minorities as I'm one myself, but not like this-- this type of stuff only hurts the cause. The real world is not like this... these students and some faculty need a reality check.

I'd welcome everyones thoughts and a discussion about this...