Quote:Like many progressive ideas, they mean well, but there are always unintended consequences. 

 

If you want a place where speech you find offensive is banned, go to your house. It's absurd to have a place where these subjective standards of what is offensive are enforced by your University. Who is the arbiter of what is offensive and what is allowed or is it just if anyone is offended by anything, the offending party needs to leave. This becomes pretty silly in a hurry. 

 

Instead of trying to control microaggressions and making sure nobody offends anybody, lighten up, disagree, or don't, but stop trying to use the mechanisms of authority to enforce your world view. 

 

At the same time, I'm not sure their very existence would deter me from attending a university I otherwise favored. I'd like to think I'd want to find out first hand why anyone would want one, their personal experiences, etc. I'm not knocking FBT's daughter, I applaud her for putting thoughts on this into her decision.

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