Minor quibble. I looked up the "cry closets". They do not appear to have been set up for safe space from dissenting opinions. They were set up for students on the verge of a nervous breakdown from finals. They were in the library so that students who had been frantically studying for 10 hours straight could take a ten-minute break to cur…
Minor quibble. I looked up the "cry closets". They do not appear to have been set up for safe space from dissenting opinions. They were set up for students on the verge of a nervous breakdown from finals. They were in the library so that students who had been frantically studying for 10 hours straight could take a ten-minute break to curl up and be emotional, then get their shit together and return to studying. That seems pretty reasonable, honestly.
The "free speech" warning sign was hilarious and alarming and a sign of the times. It's like history professors needing to post trigger warnings. OBVIOUSLY history will include the distressing stories and subjects. OBVIOUSLY walking across campus will include encountering different opinions. But we have a bunch of privileged, entitled people who have been taught that the entire world should be arranged to their comfort at all times, and they have a right to advance warning when it will vary from this "norm".
Minor quibble. I looked up the "cry closets". They do not appear to have been set up for safe space from dissenting opinions. They were set up for students on the verge of a nervous breakdown from finals. They were in the library so that students who had been frantically studying for 10 hours straight could take a ten-minute break to curl up and be emotional, then get their shit together and return to studying. That seems pretty reasonable, honestly.
The "free speech" warning sign was hilarious and alarming and a sign of the times. It's like history professors needing to post trigger warnings. OBVIOUSLY history will include the distressing stories and subjects. OBVIOUSLY walking across campus will include encountering different opinions. But we have a bunch of privileged, entitled people who have been taught that the entire world should be arranged to their comfort at all times, and they have a right to advance warning when it will vary from this "norm".