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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread went off the rails quickly. Seems some people are looking to be insulted, offended or just want to fight. I don't think "trigger warnings" will help. These folks who are ultra sensitive to WORDS and ideas inconsistent with their own are going to have a difficult time in college and in life - and so are the people who have to deal with them. 
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I guess this explains better the world of people that need trigger warnings, [b]they are to sensitive and look for ways to be easily offended by things.[/b][/quote]What a ridiculous statement.  If these same people were to strongly dispute and [u][b]vigorously[/b][/u] defend their positions on what they consider offensive, you would accuse them of being overbearing and combative.  I am not a proponent of safe spaces in the thought of having a place to run and hide.  But I think no one should be forced to be denigrated, and if they choose to leave to the respite of a library or the shade of a tree, that is their prerogative.  Good, debatable discussion whether it's abortion, race, war, or hair color is fine.  The line is crossed when it becomes personal.  I am a well-educated, financially secure adult, and I would not stand for it.  I have seen a multitude of posts right here in this thread who have taken it from debate to personal.

I thought about that kid who posted he wouldn't tolerate being called a vulgar name for the purpose of classroom discussion.  I wonder how many here would draw the line at a certain point on the vileness of ethnic name calling in a discussion of which there are a multitude for whites.  Yes, we could have a discussion about the origin without even using those words.  But what happens when the discussion becomes heated and the vile names are no longer just a discussion topic?  I am going to take a liberty here to explain my thought....if during the discussion the n-word is used repeatedly to make a point, the recipient should have the same right to use the word 'peckerwood', 'honkey', etc (some so vulgar if I put them, the moderator would definitely delete).  I can just envision the words that would go back and forth and even with mediation, the damage is done.

My final point is while there should always be good, healthy debate, there is a line when crossed is difficult to uncross.  The PP spoke of people being "sensitive and look for ways to easily be offended by things."  There is no doubt that if any discussion were to get too close to personal offensive, he or she would not be so quick to sit gently and no in agreement.  Nothing to do with being sensitive.  Everything to do with respect.  And I don't care how much you're paying for tuition.  It's not all about you.
 
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