{"id":20731,"date":"2015-04-21T07:30:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T14:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=20731"},"modified":"2015-04-21T07:30:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T14:30:29","slug":"ken-at-popehat-hits-another-one-out-of-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/21\/ken-at-popehat-hits-another-one-out-of-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken at Popehat hits (another) one out of the park"},"content":{"rendered":"

“‘Safe Spaces’ and the Mote in America’s Eye.”<\/a><\/p>\n

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For some time I’ve been mean to university students who feel entitled to a “safe space” \u2014 by which they seem to mean a space where they are insulated from ideas they don’t like.<\/p>\n

I call these young people out for valuing illusory and subjective safety over liberty. I accuse them of accepting that speech is “harmful” without logic or proof. I mock them for not grasping that universities are supposed to be places of open inquiry. I condemn them for not being critical about the difference between nasty speech and nasty actions, and for thinking they have a right not to be offended. I belittle them for abandoning fundamental American values.<\/p>\n

But recently a question occurred to me: where, exactly, do I think these young people should have learned the values that I expect them to uphold?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More at the link.<\/p>\n

(Via Tam<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“‘Safe Spaces’ and the Mote in America’s Eye.” For some time I’ve been mean to university students who feel entitled to a “safe space” \u2014 by which they seem to mean a space where they are insulated from ideas they don’t like. I call these young people out for valuing illusory and subjective safety over liberty. I accuse them of accepting that speech is “harmful” without logic or proof. I mock them for not grasping that universities are supposed to be places of open inquiry. I condemn them for not being critical about the difference between nasty speech and nasty…<\/p>\n

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