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What Went Wrong: Campus Unrest, Viewpoint Diversity, and Freedom of Speech (skeptic.com)
6 points by nkurz on March 28, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Good article overall. It points things out in dry, politically-correct grammar with good references.

Cliffs Notes Version: Snowflakes. Precious, unchallenged snowflakes and their parents are what went wrong. When everyone started getting 'participation trophies' and parents stopped keeping score so as not to hurt feelings.

The only way to "fix" it: life experience without safety nets, mommy pouring over every skinned knee, and without the ability to complain about getting your feelings hurt. If they didn't hurt, they wouldn't be called "feelings".

"Kids" don't realize that scars are not reminders of your failures, they are signs of overcoming something. Too bad people today are too afraid of getting scars to try anything...




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