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Wild Horses
I think its important not to conflate safe spaces and no platforming. The former is (or should) be about letting everyones voices be heard, the latter clearly isn't.
I agree they are largely separate, but I think it's important to be clear on what 'no platforming' actually is and what it isn't.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/No_platform
"Too many don't understand that their voices have been heard, but that other rights-bearing people have just decided not to give them the time of day."
I ask seriously for examples of 'no platformed' people who have been marginalised to the point they could realistically be said to have been denied a voice. No platforming denies you a platform, not a voice. I'm not denying structural oppression is a thing, but the irony is that this is exactly what 'cultural libertarian' types do - attempting to pretend that their own concerns are actually about 'liberty', when they really clearly are not to anyone who has thought this through.
The entire reasoning behind no-platforming is supposedly to make the whole university a safe space at all times
Supposedly? According to whom exactly?
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