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"The pluralistic form takes for me a stronger hold on reality than any other philosophy I know of, being essentially a social philosophy, a philosophy of 'co'"-William James
I'm all for ecological safe zones for every species, including ours. Until the penguins evolve a human-level capacity for speech, though, they won't have to worry about "safe spaces."
(H3) I think the thing about going to college, especially a public college, is that you are exposed to all ideas. I don't really see the point of "safe spaces". There are plenty of places one can go to get some peace and quiet. I don't think it is necessary to delineate a exclusive place for certain ideas. I think it closes people off to the real world, which, as far as I know, has no designated "safe places".
I agree with Isabella about safe spaces, but blatant hate speech is a little extreme. Hopefully over time our society will learn when to keep its mouth shut. I fear if we do not that eventually we will continue to go at each other until we rid the earth of each other and leave behind nothing but the safe space of silence.
I'm all for ecological safe zones for every species, including ours. Until the penguins evolve a human-level capacity for speech, though, they won't have to worry about "safe spaces."
ReplyDelete(h3) If they're lucky they wont ever and not have to deal with the drama.
Delete(H3) I think the thing about going to college, especially a public college, is that you are exposed to all ideas. I don't really see the point of "safe spaces". There are plenty of places one can go to get some peace and quiet. I don't think it is necessary to delineate a exclusive place for certain ideas. I think it closes people off to the real world, which, as far as I know, has no designated "safe places".
ReplyDeleteI agree with Isabella about safe spaces, but blatant hate speech is a little extreme. Hopefully over time our society will learn when to keep its mouth shut. I fear if we do not that eventually we will continue to go at each other until we rid the earth of each other and leave behind nothing but the safe space of silence.
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