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University to Freshmen: Don’t Expect Safe Spaces or Trigger Warnings
The Chicago Maroon ^ | Aug 24, 2016 | Pete Grieve

Posted on 08/25/2016 7:32:40 AM PDT by NohSpinZone

"WE DO NOT SUPPORT SO-CALLED 'TRIGGER WARNINGS,’ WE DO NOT CANCEL INVITED SPEAKERS BECAUSE THEIR TOPICS MIGHT PROVE CONTROVERSIAL, AND WE DO NOT CONDONE THE CREATION OF INTELLECTUAL ‘SAFE SPACES.'"

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagomaroon.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: chicago; safespaces; triggerwarnings
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To: NohSpinZone

I doubt this comes from a place of sensibility. Most academics I know (I work daily with them) are the most self-absorbed, ego-driven, intolerant individuals you will ever meet, despite their proclamations of tolerance and inclusion. Their entire careers are built around their ability to espouse their opinions, so no shortage of egos. Most can’t be bothered to teach their own classes. My suspicion is this comes from tenured faculty finally figuring out all this coddling and handholding is impinging on their time and energy, and they won’t stand for that.


21 posted on 08/25/2016 7:52:14 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (Bear His image. Bring His message. Be the Church.)
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To: NEMDF

Yes, it was. I just posted a thread on the University of Texas in Austin protesting campus carry with sex toys - Cocks Not Glocks. They’ll be demanding even more safe spaces. Every day there’s more garbage coming out of that university. The entirety of Austin should be razed and started over again.


22 posted on 08/25/2016 8:05:18 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Crucial

Trigger Warning. Warn in advance that some snowflake might be offended


23 posted on 08/25/2016 8:07:36 AM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: NohSpinZone

YES!!!!!


24 posted on 08/25/2016 8:20:10 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: eCSMaster

U of C is a fundamentally conservative school. It always has been.


25 posted on 08/25/2016 8:20:19 AM PDT by Borges
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To: Robert DeLong

I know. Surprises abound.


26 posted on 08/25/2016 8:21:42 AM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: NohSpinZone

I hope he has his resume refreshed. He’s going to be out of a job.


27 posted on 08/25/2016 8:29:39 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Hillary Clinton, the elderly woman's version of "I dindu nuffins.")
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To: NohSpinZone

Wow! A “No Snowflake Zone.”


28 posted on 08/25/2016 8:32:16 AM PDT by afsnco
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To: NohSpinZone

A sign of sanity.


29 posted on 08/25/2016 9:34:42 AM PDT by aquila48
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