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[xoxoxoBruce]

What the hell is an "intellectual safe" space? Isn't intellectual and safe diametrically opposed? I would think someone who is intellectual would be welcoming for examination any and all ideas, opinions, points of view.

Three cheers for Obama, he nailed it.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

What the hell is an "intellectual safe" space? Isn't intellectual and safe diametrically opposed? I would think someone who is intellectual would be welcoming for examination any and all ideas, opinions, points of view.

Someone who is promoting ideas that have been examined thoroughly and discarded, and who has shown no sign of having a new take on them, doesn't add anything. If the only result of having a particular debate would be to pad the resume of the person in question, and give them a veneer of legitimacy, then it may actually subtract.

That's not to say that every person who was invited to speak, and then uninvited due to student protest falls into that category, but that category exists.

[xoxoxoBruce]

But how do they know what the speaker will say until they say it? Track record? How do you know they haven't modified, or have more compelling evidence, for their position.
"Examined thoroughly and discarded" by whom, your teacher, your mentor, your friend, some "committee", or you? If it's not you, you're not receptive to outside ideas, and would seem to be a semi-intellectual.
Even if you think they're a one trick pony, you might be surprised you can learn something from them. If you are sure of what they will say, any disagree with them, that's fine, but does that give you the right to deny others the opportunity to hear and make their own judgment? That's McCarthyism.