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TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts) Mon Dec 21, 2015, 03:02 AM Dec 2015

The Ban Hammer of Censorship to provide false enclaves, called "Safe Spaces". [View all]

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There has been a growing trend on sites to shelter people from divergent thought, called 'safe spaces'.

Bill Maher would call them 'bubbles' that form an echo chamber of self-affirming distortions, forming rigidness.

This season's South Park did a nice piece to address this trend of avoidance, regardless of the price.

Below is a small clip of the song played in the middle of the episode.

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The Ban Hammer of Censorship to provide false enclaves, called "Safe Spaces". [View all] TheBlackAdder Dec 2015 OP

So what spaces should be unsafe? Kalidurga Dec 2015 #1

You grasp that this is not about physical safety, right? cali Dec 2015 #46

Yes Kalidurga Dec 2015 #50

I see nothing wrong with safe spaces. Never have. To the contrary, they may even be necessary. merrily Dec 2015 #2

We have always had safe spaces. Igel Dec 2015 #26

"Safe spaces" are just like tables in a break room or cafeteria Hortensis Dec 2015 #37

I can understand the utility of a safe space both for dialogue or insulation JackInGreen Dec 2015 #3

The last couple of issues of the National Review have had ... Tortmaster Dec 2015 #10

Agree with the last. There's a lot of frustrated complaining here Hortensis Dec 2015 #41

I Find it interesting that on this website the subject of the "Economy"... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2015 #4

lol! LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author A HERETIC I AM Dec 2015 #7

In a world... bluestateguy Dec 2015 #6

In a world... Lordquinton Dec 2015 #9

Because they can't step off campus ... Tortmaster Dec 2015 #11

They are so entitled Lordquinton Dec 2015 #15

When I was reading a National Review article ... Tortmaster Dec 2015 #17

Look at their response to Starbucks not having "Merry Christmas" on their cups Lordquinton Dec 2015 #19

+1 Person 2713 Dec 2015 #23

+1 too. Hortensis Dec 2015 #42

And look what happens when they are asked marginally difficult questions in a presidential debate. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #35

Safe space are mocked by people who don't need them Lordquinton Dec 2015 #8

Good answer. Tortmaster Dec 2015 #12

On target, Lordquinton. brer cat Dec 2015 #20

+1 Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2015 #33

+1 one_voice Dec 2015 #43

Wow. Nailed it in the 1st sentence. +1 MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #53

There have always been "safe spaces"... TreasonousBastard Dec 2015 #13

I got blocked from a group for inadvertently kicking a thread on that group Fumesucker Dec 2015 #22

LOL. I'm also banned from one for agreeing in Hortensis Dec 2015 #44

I wonder if 50 years ago how many of our ... Tortmaster Dec 2015 #14

Sniff... sniff.. I smell the scent of privilige. nt uriel1972 Dec 2015 #16

I think that the people who are offended by "safe spaces" belong to the djean111 Dec 2015 #18

I have great appreciation for the limited... NCTraveler Dec 2015 #21

Nothing wrong with needed safe spaces; plenty wrong with unneeded ones whatthehey Dec 2015 #24

. AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #36

They, of course, actually LIKE the "horror and outrage," it's Hortensis Dec 2015 #47

There's safe places and then there's cabal hideouts. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #25

What happens when these sensitive souls go into the real world? LittleBlue Dec 2015 #27

Women's shelter's exist only on campuses? LanternWaste Dec 2015 #31

We aren't talking about domestic abuse cases LittleBlue Dec 2015 #38

If hiring people who stand up for their rights Lordquinton Dec 2015 #34

Nah, I'll pass LittleBlue Dec 2015 #39

And your company should probably be investigated for ethics violations Lordquinton Dec 2015 #45

LOL! You accused my firm of misconduct without even knowing our name LittleBlue Dec 2015 #48

What is your motivation for wanting your employees feeling unsafe at home and at work? Lordquinton Dec 2015 #55

Straw man. They are perfectly safe LittleBlue Dec 2015 #56

DU is nothing but a giant safe space for Democrats. Safe from Republicans. kwassa Dec 2015 #28

Not so safe actually -- not from the anti-Democrat Hortensis Dec 2015 #49

The most open space would be something like a yahoo board treestar Dec 2015 #52

No doubt Bill Maher, Trey Parker and many other white males are baffled by the concept. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #29

They're second cousin of the "Free Speech Zones" that people were annabanana Dec 2015 #30

Those disgraceful "corrals," though, Annabanana, Hortensis Dec 2015 #51

Life is a trigger lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #32

There's a difference between troll free zones and echo chambers. KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #40

I oppose any "Safe Space" defined by any government entity Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #54