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[quote=Anonymous]   New poster.  Yes, the obsession with micro-aggressions, identity politics, and trigger warnings has gone too far at Yale and elsewhere.  But the events of the past week are a good thing because I believe it has shed light on the problem and the majority of students do not hold these views, and the bad publicity -- especially the viral video -- has given a backbone to other students and administrators who previously were reluctant to challenge the emotional appeals of the left even when they were not substantiated out of fear of being labeled racist.  The Yale administration has come down correctly saying that it will listen to concerns of minority students and address that which is legitimate and fixable, but it will not compromise free speech and will not permit intimidation, threats, or shouting down dissenting voices.

Time will tell, but I am hopeful that at Yale the events this semester may in the long run do two important things.  First, it may force protesting students to step back and look at themselves, and prioritize their demands.  More minority mental health professionals on campus seems like a reasonable expectation; spitting on people who disagree with you, insisting they are racist and dismissing their views as oppressions, feeling entitled to resort to screaming epithets rather than reasoning, is not.  Second,  students and faculty who disagree with the liberal thought police on campus have got to develop their own backbone.  Second, by standing up for free speech dissenting voices -- in this case likely a majority of students who do not hold extremist views -- know that they will not be hung out to dry by the administration. While I think some of the protestors behaviors were inexcusable, they were understandable in one respect; if not one had ever challenged them on their views and said "no, I disagree" even though a protestors feelings were hurt by the time they are seniors in college, no wonder they freaked out when it finally happened.   Hopefully, Yale will now be in a better place for all. [/quote]

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