Go_Ly_Dow
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To me, a good example of a safe space is an AA meeting.
People complaining about it is just like "why can't I got there and debate that they are worthless bums who will never be anything in life because of their weak will?"
The notion that people who seek a safe space should be on debate-mode 24 hours is insane.
"people who feel they are being harassed and need a place to talk about it, please come to our meeting. Ps: your harasser will probably be here and you will have to debate them why harassing you is wrong. See you at 7!"
I've been to an AA meeting with a friend, people were venting, people gave advice to each other and people listeners. That's different from a University group where people get together and quickly agree how all their problems are at fault of specific genders, races, religions and try to advocate for authoritarian societal change, without involving the people they're supposedly advocating for or disagree with. People in AA meetings are victims of a substance and their own mental addictions and challenges, it's quite clear. Groups of people who say they're victims due to another group of people are ideologically driven and remain part of a Ideological hive mind. People can be victims for a multiude of internal or external reasons in their lives it's complex and needs to be discussed.
The authoritarian left and the bigoted right are part of the same mindset of ignorance.