tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post6198667440911415325..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Classical Literature Too "Triggering" For Columbia StudentsWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-13633178097835905592015-05-27T13:54:06.427-04:002015-05-27T13:54:06.427-04:00Gerald,
Your instinct to look at different sides ...Gerald,<br /><br />Your instinct to look at different sides of things is generous, but the targets of Winston's criticism don't really share it.<br /><br />They (the authors of the Columbia article) demand that higher education be, if nothing else, comforting to students' identities. The university should be less about asking students to push beyond these differences--i.e., to find Will Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-55817621855429880912015-05-20T17:12:38.499-04:002015-05-20T17:12:38.499-04:00I don't know: I'm concerned about excessiv...I don't know: I'm concerned about excessive deference to possibly exaggerated fear and sensitivity, but I also am aware that there is a history of deriding some legitimate (in my arrogant and absolutely correct opinion) fear as 'exaggerated'. See, for example, how actual spousal abuse in the upper and upper-middle classes was treated a generation previous, which also serves as Gerald Fnordnoreply@blogger.com