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Berkeley Offering Counseling to People 'Threatened' By Ben Shapiro (Snowflake laugh of the day)
Townhall.com ^ | Sept 8, 2017 | Christine Rousselle

Posted on 09/08/2017 5:14:31 PM PDT by jazusamo

Berkeley Offering Counseling to People 'Threatened' By Ben Shapiro

The University of California Berkeley is making counseling and other services available to students who may be upset or "threatened" by conservative writer Ben Shapiro's upcoming appearance on campus. In a memo published on Friday ahead of the event, the University reminded students that support services would be available if they were to need them.

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UC Berkeley is offering counseling services to those upset by Ben Shapiro's speech

We are deeply concerned about the impact some speakers may have on individuals’ sense of safety and belonging. No one should be made to feel threatened or harassed simply because of who they are or for what they believe. For that reason, the following support services are being offered and encouraged:

When asked by The Daily Signal why counseling services would be offered specifically for Shaprio's speech, the assistant vice chancellor at the university’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs responded that students--both liberals and conservatives--had voiced concerns about Antifa and other violent groups coming to campus to disrupt the speech.

Still, it's rather absurd that counselors could even be considered to be necessary for a speech by a relatively mainstream conservative figure. Ben Shapiro is not a threatening figure. There's no need for Antifa to stage a Milo Yiannopoulos-esque protest, nor is there any real reason for a student to be disturbed to the point of needing a counselor over a political figure coming to campus. If they don't want to hear what Shapiro has to say, they can simply skip the speech. (I'm sure there's plenty to do in Berkeley besides going to this talk.)

The real world doesn't come with easily-available counselors and safe spaces. Sometimes people disagree on things, and sometimes it gets awkward. UC Berkeley is one of the best schools in the nation--it's high time they start treating their students like adults.


TOPICS: Education; Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: benshapiro; berkeley; california; counseling; snowflakes; snowlakes
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To: Kickass Conservative
One of my favorites is when he was sitting next to a Transgender (male to female) who threatened him with physical violence for not buying into the lie.

That dude looked like a running back with an ugly blond page-boy wig. Kind of scary but mostly revolting. Ben used male pronouns in referring to him and the guy lay a huge hand on the back of his neck telling him Ben would go home in an ambulance and something about the parking lot.
Shapiro pressed charges for assault, etc. but only as a gesture knowing that such people are virtually untouchable in today's legal climate.

No one stops to ask who is really threatening whom. For the Snowflakes to claim intimidation is bizarre considering they stand squarely behind Antifa, BLM and other terrorists.

21 posted on 09/08/2017 5:59:03 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: jazusamo

Cool. That means he’s over the target.


22 posted on 09/08/2017 6:01:52 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: jazusamo

LOL these Commie loons are scared of Ben Shapiro..he doesn’t even like President Trump..but to Commie loons, if you are not a Commie Jew hater they run like scared wimps


23 posted on 09/08/2017 6:41:58 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: jazusamo

I’m amazed that some people “need” counseling because Ben Shapiro gave a talk considering what passes for entertainment on TV.


24 posted on 09/08/2017 6:51:03 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: jazusamo

This is a cult now.


25 posted on 09/08/2017 6:59:56 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: jazusamo

Just more of Vladimir Lenin’s useful idiots.


26 posted on 09/08/2017 7:01:54 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: right way right

Ben Shapiro on Jordan Peterson and Leftist Stupidity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBlWx4Adalk


27 posted on 09/08/2017 7:06:52 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: jazusamo
I feel constantly threatened by the mad policies of these leftist goons ruining our country. I especially feel threatened by their attempts to render me defenseless and unable to speak freely. They threaten my ability to work and make money, and also threaten my property through the imposition of unfair and unlawful taxation.

Who's threatening who?


28 posted on 09/08/2017 7:10:20 PM PDT by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: Kickass Conservative
I met him a few years ago. I don’t remember him being “that” short, and I’m 6’2”.

He has fake prosthetic to make his legs, torso and arms look like they're normal length. He's about 3 feet tall give or take an inch.

29 posted on 09/08/2017 7:21:16 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: right way right
Ben is a threat to the cult, he might make them think and come to heretical conclusions.
The ‘counseling’ is brain washing.
My daughter wants to go to college, she is a brainiac.
I tell her to just say no to cults.
30 posted on 09/08/2017 7:59:23 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: captain_dave

At some point, you have to ask yourself....exactly what kind of counseling would a person need after such an episode? It sounds to me that this is such a weak marginalized and mentally unhealthy person...that they need a 1-800 counseling session every four hours. Anyone could cause a mind-stumble and these folks would freak out. So what does the counselor really say...”get over it”?


31 posted on 09/08/2017 9:38:58 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Kickass Conservative

To make things worse for the insane Left, with a name like Shapiro, you can tell he ain’t Amish.
When was the last time a Jewish conservative scared any leftist at Berkeley? Oh wait, it was Milo only a few months ago.

Gee, looks like my people are getting a little pissed off with the communist, anti-Semitic, pro Hamas/Fatah doucebags that infest Berkeley like bubonic plague fleas on rats.

Go Big Ben. Ring the Leftist trash’s bells like it was Independence Day.


32 posted on 09/09/2017 12:43:25 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: jazusamo

The “counseling” industry, like “community organizing” is one of those things created to give employment to liberals with worthless college degrees and no readily marketable skills.


33 posted on 09/09/2017 1:16:46 AM PDT by JennysCool
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To: jazusamo

Shapiro is a jerk. Maybe that’s the source of their triggering.


34 posted on 09/09/2017 5:11:15 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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