In an article at FoxNews.com, author Suzanne Venker described how she was invited to address students at Massachusetts’ Williams College for their series called Uncomfortable Learning. You can probably guess what happened next:
https://twitter.com/ErickaAndersen/status/656796880786051072
Williams College drops speaker from "Uncomfortable Learning" series. Why? She makes students feel uncomfortable. https://t.co/YWoRoCkptr
— Christina Sommers ? (@CHSommers) October 20, 2015
Unfortunately it’s something we’ve come to expect from the super-tolerant “safe spaces” crowd.
@ErickaAndersen And parents go into tremendous debt to send their kids to this place? Smh
— Chris Cornwell (@jccornwell) October 21, 2015
This country is doomed https://t.co/so7Yv9DfVA
— Is This All There Is ⁉️? (@srndipity630) October 21, 2015
I think maybe the series needs a new name: maybe the "Bias Confirm" series https://t.co/DzTq38018I
— Barbara Kay (@BarbaraRKay) October 20, 2015
https://twitter.com/CalebHowe/status/656797583201931265
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