Self-censorship is a shining star of the left.

I totally agree. They will always find something to whine about no matter how many concessions are made to their "movement". So, I just go along, being me. Usually with no boundaries on what I say to most folks. If they are offended, so much the better. I don't need them in my life.
I'm too old to put up with PC, so it works for me.

My favorite website on this list some more: http://safespacenetwork.tumblr.com/Sa...
My favorites are Dyadism, Binarism, Multiplicity Hate, Otherkin Hate, and Ace Erasure.

I looked up otherkin hate. It's hatred of those who do not identify with the human race.

I solidly agree with avoiding offending people on purpose. But I don't think we need all these names that make it sound like particular rude things are a crime. Making it sound like a crime is dangerous. The good thing is I think it's at its peak, and a backlash is coming.

"I'm inclined to decide not to miss an opportunity to be as offensive as possible, and I'm a pretty easy-going guy."
Then I accuse you of ace erasure!! j/k. I just like saying that.

Could be, but who's going to spank the professors that help them think that way.

Somehow if the vocabulary suits them then they are safe?
What will they do when the "fit hits the shan"?
I am very leery of the future of this nation.

Don't you see, there's no pleasing these schmucks, no matter what you do. So stop trying. Besides, they need to live up to your standards, not the other way around.

You are correct, and owe them nothing. This guy explains brilliantly, what's going on with this whole ridiculous movement:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-governme...

To give you more grey hairs, the President of Amherst College refused to implement student-demanded changes to throttle free speech. She was responding to the claim that the college had an "institutional legacy of white supremacy,colonialism, anti-black racism,anti-Latinx racism,anti-Native American racism, anti-Native/indigenous racism, anti-Asian racism,, anti-Middle Eastern racism, heterosexism, cis-sexism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, ableism, mental health stigma, and classism."

To be honest, I'm not even sure what some of those claims mean!. What is the difference between Native American and Native/indigenous, and WTF is cis-sexism? This is PC gone crazy, and I thought I'd seen it all, but I had more to come.

A woman providing free Yoga classes on a campus in Ottowa, Canada was instructed she had to stop teaching, because the college had received complaints of "cultural appropriation." I had to look that term up. Apparently, not welcoming a different culture's various aspects is "cultural imperialism," and offensive, while adopting an aspect of a different culture is malicious, unworthy theft of that culture's historic behavioral property, called "cultural appropriation," and is also offensive. The goal is obviously to create an ever-restrictive environment where it becomes impossible not to offend someone. I'm inclined to decide not to miss an opportunity to be as offensive as possible, and I'm a pretty easy-going guy.

Given all of the above, is it any surprise Donald Trump is finding support?

Safe space is something parents try to provide for infants and very young children. Adults realize that immunity from harm only results from being exposed to harmful and dangerous environments for that is how the immune system is developed and strengthened. Modern universities are turning out students that are prepubescent at best and infantile at worst. These are the people that an invader will have to conquer. The invader will have no problem.

But then again, maybe I'm wrong about the hope thing. :)

" it's basically the entire democratic party and about half (or more) of the republicans are the cause of these problems"
Since nearly 100% of politicians are in one of the two main parties, this means 75% of the politicians are causing these problems.

IMHO these problems come with the territory of society changing and becoming more open. There's no one villainous group causing it. We don't have many politicians promoting how to integrate these changes without giving up liberty, individualism, and our fundamental values. It's easier to pander. But I don't see them as villains. They're not leaders in this area though. We the people need to be leaders.

"I have held out hope for you since the beginning of my time in the gulch"
I'm hopeful by nature so I similarly hold out hope for you.

"Safe space" is a myth used by ideological zealots who don't want to be confronted by reality. It's the equivalent to an ostrick putting it's head in the sand while simultaneously expecting the lion not to eat his backside.

What I think is even more ironic is that these same useful idiots are the ones creating the uproar in the first place that somehow the rest of us are just supposed to go along with.

Sorry, but the First Amendment gives me the right to challenge your premises. And it gives you no right to hide behind false pretenses.

+1 "too many people have forgotten what it means to be free. It takes courage, self-responsibility, and independent thinking. When other people have that (not just you) it means dealing with unpleasant disagreements. " Very well said. May I quote you?

I think they wish to return to the womb where only the one who you rely on for everything, can hurt you. Unfortunately, the "mother" they want to rely on smokes, drinks, shoots heroin and has indiscriminate sex with multiple partners with STD's (and a really lousy diet).

If you are white you of course owe them an apology because you have the original sin of racism. Who's the them? Just about any whining SOB that is not a white male and wants to feel aggrieved at that particular moment.

Salty; You're right as far as you go, but you need to expand your description to include any socialist/statist, anti-white male, and anti-liberty group. I'm waiting for a white mail, pro-liberty group to demand their own 'safe space'.

"I prefer dangerous liberty over peaceful slavery." Thomas Jefferson
The root problem, IMO, is too many people have forgotten what it means to be free. It takes courage, self-responsibility, and independent thinking. When other people have that (not just you) it means dealing with unpleasant disagreements.

"Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves."
Henry David Thoreau

I think it's an Orwellian way to say making it not "safe" to say certain things..

I never took this seriously until a few weeks ago. I assumed critics of PCness were just bigots frustrated that someone was calling them on their nonsense. Then I read this article: https://www.galtsgulchonline.com/post...

It describes a school newspaper publishing a moderate conservative opinion piece and issuing a groveling retraction saying they should have made the newspaper a "safe space". There is a link to the supposedly controversial article and the retraction.