Ben Shapiro: Toughen Up Spoiled Children

Following last week’s (November 2015) historic eruption of conflict at the University of Missouri, Young America’s Foundation (YAF) sponsored a lecture titled, “Truth is a Microaggression,” by conservative powerhouse Ben Shapiro on Thursday, November 19 at 6:00 PM in Ellis Auditorium. --Shapiro, a New York Times bestselling author and syndicated columnist, who serves as editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com, editor at large of Breitbart, and also hosts radio shows on KRLA and KTIE, confronted Missouri’s campus protesters face-to-face, denouncing their behavior and invading their sacred “safe space” with the raw truth about free speech. (Video 1:51)

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Trigger warnings, colleges, and the ‘Swaddled Generation’

Those accustomed to reading or listening only to liberal commentators may not be aware of “trigger warnings” and “safe zones” on college campuses. --It seems that mostly conservative sites and writers are concerned with the increasingly draconian suppression of free speech on college campuses. But then, it is mostly conservative writers and speakers who are treated as though they’re bringing the Ebola virus rather than contrarian ideas to the sensitive ears of what we may as well name the “Swaddled Generation.”

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Why the 'safe space' movement is a liberal assault on freedom

One of the more contentious ideas to recently emerge from the culture war is that of "safe spaces." We are said to be at risk of social dangers. Sometimes these dangers are labeled denialism (in which someone's identity isn't recognized) or triggering speech (speech that sets off traumatic responses in unwitting listeners). The way some students at elite colleges combat these social dangers is to create, or demand the creation of, safe spaces. And just as often, students demand that their entire campus become a safe space. ✧ Hence the wrong kind of speech is re-labeled as violence. The space only becomes safe when certain ideas (and the people expositing them) are banished. We're trying to build a supportive community, don't you know?

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