If ever a group needed a “safe space,” we’re it.
Everywhere we go, we’re confronted with ideas diametrically opposed to our own. Most of the time — and especially in school — our views aren’t acknowledged at all. Or when they are, they’re presented in ludicrous caricature.
Can you imagine if our delicate snowflakes, who shout down and attack speakers they don’t like, were treated like that?
To the contrary, their ideas and behavior are validated by openly ideological professors who affirm them in their existing beliefs. So if anything, their antics are even less excusable than they seem.
I myself was never affirmed in my existing beliefs while in college. Not ever. I’ll bet you can say the same for yourself.
If I’d been a snowflake, I would have protested this injustice.
Because I was an adult, on the other hand, I decided that college didn’t exist to affirm me, and went on with my life.
I had fun poking holes in the p.c. narrative and in writing and saying things I wasn’t supposed to write or say. That was far better for me as a person and as a thinker than having my every whim described as wonderful and brilliant by professors who wanted to coddle me.
In short, we’re tough enough to survive without a “safe space.”
At the same time, isn’t it nice once in a while to be around people who, while not clones of you, understand where you’re coming from? People to whom you don’t need to justify your every word?
That’s the beauty of The Tom Woods Show Elite, the private Facebook group I host. It’s a nice big community of smart, engaging people.
Stuck on something? Take it to the Elite. They’ll explain it.
Frustrated? The Elite will boost your spirits.
Want to share some thoughts? The Elite will give you some great feedback.
No puppies or coloring books, but a nice place to be yourself. Entry is this-a-way:
http://www.SupportingListeners.com
Even if you don’t use Facebook, you’ll find a goodie there you’ll like.