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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-12-12 04:53 pm

[ SECRET POST #3265 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3265 ⌋

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Re: Safe Spaces

(Anonymous) 2015-12-13 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
didn't read the article, but

I think safe spaces have their (very limited) place. However, they can very quickly cripple you. Shared safe spaces are really meant to be a last resort sort of thing. Therapy groups or closed online communities where people share experiences that they can't share publicly. Spend too much time in your own bubble and you lose the skills required to deal with the outside world.

Expanding that concept further than a tiny group with a limited focus doesn't work. The bigger the group, the more open it is, the more difficult it becomes to moderate discussion or settle on what's really 'safe' and what's not.

Unfortunately many people (young AND old) confine themselves to their own little comfortable bubbles, and when the rest of the world does not bend to accommodate them it's upsetting for everyone involved. This is true whether it's a college student who thinks they should be accommodated in their criminology course even though all of the material is triggery to them, or whether it's the old racist white dude who gets pissy when a black woman is allowed to speak at the town hall meeting. They're too invested in their own thoughts and feelings to realize that the rest of the world WILL NOT change course to protect them.