"The comfort zone exists because of our natural responses to danger. But we are no longer products of nature. We learn, we build, we are self aware, we wage wars, we create beautiful works of art, and so much more. With all that, why the hell can't we rise above our necessity to stay within our comfort zone? It's time to throw away this made up zone you feel you need to confide yourself within. Break out of the norm. Live hard."
Now-a-days, safety pins are being worn to show strangers "you are safe with me". There are "safe spaces", which should be defined as a place or environment in which a person or category of people can feel confident that they will not be exposed to discrimination, criticism, harassment, or any other emotional or physical harm. And while that sounds all unicorns and fluffy clouds and rainbows, is it realistic?
-Is it realistic that safe spaces were created on college campuses for college students (who are considered ADULTS) under the pretenses that if they have been subjected to ideas that differ from the progressive narrative they can go here and feel "safe again"? College are entertaining the idea of forcing professors to use trigger warnings before they embark on sensitive topics in class, and campuses have been creating these safe spaces where students can gather to avoid a speaker or event that offends them. There are students whose anger had been inflamed by campus activists who are taught it's absolutely OK to shut down discussion entirely.
What I see in this specific scenario is us teaching our valuable youth to be closed-minded. Not to accept other ideas and ways of thinking. Not to be OK with ideas or topics or thoughts that outraged your sensibilities, and definitely not to challenged each other to find something admirable in these ideas/thoughts/topics. Sounds to me like we are teaching the youth to NOT accept and respect other's opinions, and that person in general. We are teaching the youth to NOT think outside of the box, NOT TO BE PROGRESSIVE. In my eyes, that goes against everything that is HUMAN. Humans are progressive. Humans embrace change to survive. they innovate. They create. They bond, work together for the greater good. It is actually in working against each other for "personal" gain/goals that we see the worst and the downfall of humans. The crusades, the Nazis, the witch hunts throughout the years, the days of terror during the French revolution, and even today- Aleppo.
Now-a-days, safety pins are being worn to show strangers "you are safe with me". There are "safe spaces", which should be defined as a place or environment in which a person or category of people can feel confident that they will not be exposed to discrimination, criticism, harassment, or any other emotional or physical harm. And while that sounds all unicorns and fluffy clouds and rainbows, is it realistic?
-Is it realistic that safe spaces were created on college campuses for college students (who are considered ADULTS) under the pretenses that if they have been subjected to ideas that differ from the progressive narrative they can go here and feel "safe again"? College are entertaining the idea of forcing professors to use trigger warnings before they embark on sensitive topics in class, and campuses have been creating these safe spaces where students can gather to avoid a speaker or event that offends them. There are students whose anger had been inflamed by campus activists who are taught it's absolutely OK to shut down discussion entirely.
What I see in this specific scenario is us teaching our valuable youth to be closed-minded. Not to accept other ideas and ways of thinking. Not to be OK with ideas or topics or thoughts that outraged your sensibilities, and definitely not to challenged each other to find something admirable in these ideas/thoughts/topics. Sounds to me like we are teaching the youth to NOT accept and respect other's opinions, and that person in general. We are teaching the youth to NOT think outside of the box, NOT TO BE PROGRESSIVE. In my eyes, that goes against everything that is HUMAN. Humans are progressive. Humans embrace change to survive. they innovate. They create. They bond, work together for the greater good. It is actually in working against each other for "personal" gain/goals that we see the worst and the downfall of humans. The crusades, the Nazis, the witch hunts throughout the years, the days of terror during the French revolution, and even today- Aleppo.
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