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No, the designation of service animals is pretty clear, they must be trained to preform a task. Animals trained to work with PTSD sufferers are trained to notice when someone is entering an anxiety state and help them out of that state sometimes even before they fully enter their flashback. Usually through touch but I…

My cat travels with me because he needs daily meds. He sits in his carrier under my seat along side my purse, taking up no space and meows a couple of times during take off and landing. No skin off anyone’s butt there.

I liked this statement very much. This site wouldn’t give her a break if she cured cancer, even on a night when we had what amounted to a fascist rally in the Capitol.

I did research on workplace sexual harassment in law school. I’m hardly an expert, but a lot of my research showed that a reason some victims do not come forward is that they do not actually want to ruin their harasser’s life and get him fired. For some victims, they want a more restorative approach (counselling,…

I found this to elucidate some points of confusion I had on safe spaces. Thank you.

Thanks. Good to know that the organization is striving to be more inclusive. I wish the media and society in general would follow suit and recognize women who serve.

Well said. Additionally, Safe spaces are vital to kids as they mature and develop on campus. I work on a very progressive university campus with a large percentage of LGTBQ kids, some of which are finally free to live their own lives now that they’re out of their parent’s house, or their small town, or their exclusive…

I like your explanation very much, thank you.

I don’t think I really got “safe spaces” as they are meant to be until I started going to 12 step meetings. It basically means you’re there for a certain reason or set of reasons, and you agree to adhere to some rules (like not commenting on what someone else says, a common 12 step meeting rule). Like, bringing a keg…

Thanks for a clear explanation of the concept of “safe space”. No college campus is a “safe space”. Having a single room where like minded people can gather without concern for asshats coming in and harshing the mellow is not some crazy encroachment on free speech rights.

People don’t like the idea of a safe place on college campuses because it’s couched in an academic setting, which is seen as less-than and not the so-called “real world.” I’m sure if you tell them a VFW hall is a safe space you would be shouted out of the room.

Also, OP doesn’t even realize what the original safe spaces were. Here’s an brief summary, courtesy (of all places) of Cracked:

Wait, Zeetal! You’re saying I can’t run into the middle of a Sunday sermon and start screaming the alphabet at the top of my lungs and have everyone listen to my “point of view” quietly and respectfully? They’ll ask me to leave before I get to my rant about how LMNOP should be arranged LOPNM?

Among other things, of all demographic groups, mediocre white men are the WORST at giving up their seats on the subway to anyone in need of a seat. I have seen them in action, smirking into their smartphones while elderly people or children too small to hold onto the bar sway and stumble in front of them.

Jesus, he sounds like an insufferable ass; so much so that I expect him to be promoted any day.

Here, here!

Your statement demonstrates a clear misunderstanding of the use and construct of “safe spaces” and then goes on to give the very reason why they exist (hint: to give people space to process their experiences with trained and/or like-minded and/or like-experienced individuals who can facilitate that processing).

This is a good point. Another observation about many of these folks’ ideas about colleges/universities: none of them seem to have really spent any time on college campuses in the last few years. I have worked on or around college campuses for almost two decades now and, based on my experiences, none of these students…

The funny part is he’s actually talented or at least talented enough to headline a mediocre, moderately successful sitcom.