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In reply to the discussion: Unpopular opinion: PC policing is going WAY TOO far. [View all]closeupready
(29,503 posts)demanding silence and safe space/home.
At the UW-Madison years ago, there was a woman who called herself Sister Pat. I don't think she was affiliated with any religious organization, but was just some crazy bigot who'd get on a soapbox in front of the library near the student union, and scream about gays going to hell, abortion being murder, etc.
The UW-Madison has a reputation for being one of the most left-wing colleges in the country, but despite that, students would listen to her, and then counter. It was actually amusing, and not threatening to me at all, even though I'm gay - I'd most of the time just walk on by to class or work or whatever. Sort of like that preacher's corner in Trafalgar Square (IIRC). Sometimes, I think perhaps she was merely a clown, hired by People for the American Way or something like that.
But that was a very different era when college was cheaper, and people were more relaxed.
In the first video, the reporter was doing nothing wrong, IMO, and the students and especially professors should be deeply ashamed.