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In College and Hiding from Scary Ideas

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Re: In College and Hiding from Scary Ideas

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Post by fnovd »

iplaw wrote: post #4

This article is from March 2015, and shows that the writing has been on the wall for quite a while. The "safe spaces" movement is a plague, and I am sick of it. I hold extremely diverse viewpoints which span the political spectrum. Socially liberal and fiscally conservative. How can liberals claim to be accepting of all viewpoints but, in reality, only accept those that align with their pseudo-personal-Utopia outlook…

I don't have a problem with safe spaces. To me, they're like office break rooms. Sometimes you just need a minute to disengage. But, if you're spending your whole day in there, I'm going to question why you show up to work in the first place.

Re: In College and Hiding from Scary Ideas

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Post by aaronchall »

iplaw wrote: post #4

This article is from March 2015, and shows that the writing has been on the wall for quite a while. The "safe spaces" movement is a plague, and I am sick of it. I hold extremely diverse viewpoints which span the political spectrum. Socially liberal and fiscally conservative. How can liberals claim to be accepting of all viewpoints but, in reality, only accept those that align with their pseudo-personal-Utopia outlook…

In the same vein, I suggested discussing who we voted for the US Elections and why (I also mention SJW's bullying speakers off of campuses)- and my Ask HN was flagged (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12932905).

I figured it would be timely and on-topic as a result: "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I figured it might help us see things from each other's point of view, and thus gratifying of intellectual curiousity. Perhaps I was mistaken.

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Post by vonklaus »

dominotw wrote: post #8
hiou wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously? You have gotten to the point in your extremism that the New York Times, one of the most respected news sources in the entire world is not factual to the point it should be banned. How did the country seriously get to this point?

>one of the most respected news sources Trump only has 20% chance of winning. Dow is going to tank a million points on Trump victory.

I am no trump supporter, but their coverage was borderline dangerous. In the best case, wildly incompetent. Worst: bought & paid for propaganda.

Hint: the receipts are in podesta & abedin's seized emails

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Post by bpodgursky »

vonklaus wrote: post #2

Nytimes should be banned from HN. It is paywalled and the information is dubiously sourced, if even true. This is not an acceptable source of news nor fact.

I agree that the NYTimes should no longer be viewed as a neutral source; that doesn't mean that articles cannot be taken for what they are, often intellectual interesting and well-researched.

Refusing to read articles from left or right leaning sources on principle is ironically the point of this article.

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Post by st3v3r »

iplaw wrote: post #4

This article is from March 2015, and shows that the writing has been on the wall for quite a while. The "safe spaces" movement is a plague, and I am sick of it. I hold extremely diverse viewpoints which span the political spectrum. Socially liberal and fiscally conservative. How can liberals claim to be accepting of all viewpoints but, in reality, only accept those that align with their pseudo-personal-Utopia outlook…

You realize that these places are supposed to be breaks where people don't have to deal with others constantly saying they shouldn't exist, right? That's what the LGBTQ spaces are for, that's what the POC spaces are for, and that's what the immigrant spaces are for.

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Post by ashearer »

dominotw wrote: post #8
hiou wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously? You have gotten to the point in your extremism that the New York Times, one of the most respected news sources in the entire world is not factual to the point it should be banned. How did the country seriously get to this point?

>one of the most respected news sources Trump only has 20% chance of winning. Dow is going to tank a million points on Trump victory.

If they predict a 20% chance of rain, and it does rain, that doesn't show dishonesty.

The second point needs a citation.

Re: In College and Hiding from Scary Ideas

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Post by st3v3r »

samsolomon wrote: post #6

> I don’t see how you can have a therapeutic space that’s also an intellectual space. College should be a place where your beliefs should be challenged. If we've learned anything, echo chambers are strong and becoming stronger. The only way to combat that is with adversity.

What if that belief is that you're fine being an LGBTQ person, and the "challenge" is from people who believe that you shouldn't exist or have the same rights as others?
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