Ray9
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In this age of political correctness “personal space” or “safe space” is apparently paramount and it is all the rage on college campuses. A general definition of a safe space is “a place where the rules guard each person’s self-respect and dignity and strongly encourage everyone to respect others”. That’s the general definition. Of course as political correctness continues to hold sway in many institutions of higher learning we enter the realm of a wild west of definitions regarding a safe space.
These include race, sexual orientation, gender, religion and the prohibition of a broad range of political thinking that does comply absolutely with the narrow range of political thought that fosters the imposition of safe spaces. In short, safe spaces on college campuses have evolved to isolate and essentially outlaw any way of thinking that does not reflect unquestioningly safe space ideology. These definitions implicitly brand all other ways of thinking as unsafe. Since thinking is part and parcel of speaking, safe spaces are an explicit attack on freedom of speech labeling it as a threat to safety.
Now, freedom of association has a different shade of distinction in society at large. Its definition includes “the general freedom to associate with groups according to the choice of the individual, and for the groups to take action to promote their interests”. While this definition embraces many facets of a free society, it is particularly relevant to a political party.
Montana was holding an at-large special election for Congress featuring Republican Greg Gianforte running against Democratic candidate Rob Quist. At a campaign volunteer barbeque, Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the Guardian, a left-of-center British newspaper, crashed the event and ambushed Gianforte shoving a recording device in his face while accosting him with controversial questioning in an attempt to bait him. This was a blatant violation of Gianforte’s personal space but he initially responded politely and said he would address Jacobs’ questions at a later date. Jacobs persisted and continued to corner Gianforte in his safe space.
Gianforte then defended his safe space grabbing Jacobs by the scruff of the neck like a teacher from the days before the Great Society who had had enough of a recalcitrant student with bad upbringing. Reasonable people across the country now await the expressed outrage of the left in defense of Gianforte’s besieged safe space at a barbeque.
These include race, sexual orientation, gender, religion and the prohibition of a broad range of political thinking that does comply absolutely with the narrow range of political thought that fosters the imposition of safe spaces. In short, safe spaces on college campuses have evolved to isolate and essentially outlaw any way of thinking that does not reflect unquestioningly safe space ideology. These definitions implicitly brand all other ways of thinking as unsafe. Since thinking is part and parcel of speaking, safe spaces are an explicit attack on freedom of speech labeling it as a threat to safety.
Now, freedom of association has a different shade of distinction in society at large. Its definition includes “the general freedom to associate with groups according to the choice of the individual, and for the groups to take action to promote their interests”. While this definition embraces many facets of a free society, it is particularly relevant to a political party.
Montana was holding an at-large special election for Congress featuring Republican Greg Gianforte running against Democratic candidate Rob Quist. At a campaign volunteer barbeque, Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the Guardian, a left-of-center British newspaper, crashed the event and ambushed Gianforte shoving a recording device in his face while accosting him with controversial questioning in an attempt to bait him. This was a blatant violation of Gianforte’s personal space but he initially responded politely and said he would address Jacobs’ questions at a later date. Jacobs persisted and continued to corner Gianforte in his safe space.
Gianforte then defended his safe space grabbing Jacobs by the scruff of the neck like a teacher from the days before the Great Society who had had enough of a recalcitrant student with bad upbringing. Reasonable people across the country now await the expressed outrage of the left in defense of Gianforte’s besieged safe space at a barbeque.