Earlier today, the president of the University of Michigan admitted that it was a mistake for the school to cancel a screening of “American Sniper” because the film made some students feel “unsafe.” The university did end up screening the film, albeit in “a separate forum that provides an appropriate space for dialogue and reflection.”
Don’t believe for a minute that the designation of campus “safe spaces” is going to silence students who consider campus events and speakers objectionable. Christina H. Sommers, author of “Who Stole Feminism?” and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is appearing as a guest of the Georgetown University College Republicans Thursday night, and some students are worried that her appearance should be accompanied by a “trigger warning.”
Georgetown student asks if my talk will have trigger warning because of its "potential to re-traumatize survivors." https://t.co/9OehgCQFgU
— Christina Sommers ? (@CHSommers) April 16, 2015
As Sommers argues in a YouTube video, “gender activists” who cry “trigger warning” need to be called out for demeaning women and harming those with PTSD.
Based Mom is at it again. Very well explained @CHSommers 🙂 –> Trigger warnings demean feminism. Here's why. https://t.co/Qwz5SLToCs
— Jimbo. (@JimboJuice_) April 15, 2015
She also notes a disturbing trend in which students who used to actively protest speakers whose views they oppose now approach school administrators claiming that they feel “unsafe.”
Campus feminists used protest my talks by saying I was wrong &/or evil.Now they say I pose safety & mental health risk.What explains change?
— Christina Sommers ? (@CHSommers) April 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/MarkTrueblood/status/588768471745486850
.@MarkTrueblood Agreed.But what a self-defeating tactic for a liberation movement.It's regressive:"Don't do anything to upset the fair sex."
— Christina Sommers ? (@CHSommers) April 16, 2015
Speaking of so-called safe spaces, look where Sommers is scheduled to speak next week.
Looking forward to visiting Oberlin next week.I see my talk is already the focus of a lively campus discussion. https://t.co/CzoG8IgERL
— Christina Sommers ? (@CHSommers) April 15, 2015
Oberlin invalids say feeling “unsafe” due to @CHSommers talk = “hella facts” proving unsafety https://t.co/X8J53wybfB pic.twitter.com/dElbHSADSc
— Ari Cohn (@AriCohn) April 16, 2015
Got that? “If your open dialogue doesn’t leave room for my anger, it’s actually a pretty closed dialogue.”
https://twitter.com/SMABSA/status/588772947336306688
@CHSommers oh my gosh, they're actually afraid you could change their mind. But if *they* had all the facts, how could you?
— Adora Belle (@_Adora_Belle_) April 16, 2015
@AriCohn @CHSommers Oh, Oberlin, you so sillay. How do these people function in the real world?
— Sadboy Ascian Shitposter@shb spoilers (@asciangrandpa) April 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/burjennio/status/588764080086896640
.@AriCohn @CHSommers To all employers – do not employ anyone from Oberlin college – they clearly can't handle life
— Michael Walsh (@mcjwalsh) April 16, 2015
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