Is the average human passenger?

Yeah, I know that to be true.

The work of these dogs is truly, truly brilliant. Each one is so uniquely and specifically trained to their ‘person.’

I think that service dogs who provide emotional support as an aspect of this are actually trained (and highly so) to do specific tasks in that support, vs a general critter that someone loves and wants to carry in a bag on the plane.

most PTSD/etc related animals are trained service dogs, not just the vague ‘emotional support’ animal with no training.

This is my thought, too.

I agree.

Yes. I think I read an entire book on this.

Sure, there’s always risk of loss of safety, but that doesn’t mean the group can’t decide upon certain rules.

That may be true; I’m not sure it is.

Well, until you know what the relative resources are, you’ll have to withhold any judgement

Actually, we are communal creatures, and while we have to process our affect and integrate individually, we also do that with support networks and community. It’s actually our nature to be social.

Yeah, no. 12 step programs are safe spaces, and yet people still go out into the world and have to live life. BLM movement meetings are safe spaces for learning and organising, but also confront the outside world *and* criticism head-on.

So, here’s the thing — we don’t know, are making mistakes, and figuring it out as a community, and doing our best.

Exactly. 12 step meetings are a perfect example of safe spaces.

No, I didn’t describe an “echo chamber.”

I’m not sure, which is why there’s a process (within it) to revitalise it.

Yeah. If you want to deny the actual evidence as to what safe spaces actually means — based on it’s historical use — then feel free.

You can run with my triathlete group on Sunday, though, if you want. We just ask that you not be misogynistic while running.

Uhm, the very nature of human groups (tribes) were to create community ‘safe spaces’ where individuals didn’t face the outside world (threats of various sorts) individually?