Bullet-proof windows, troll-proof doors in my safe space!
Hilarious…. (I must offer a disclaimer here– I do not endorse the show “South Park”, but I think their satire of the safe-space mentality in this video is true and therefore valuable. Also there is some crude language in the video, so please be warned).
While the “safe-space” folks rightly deserve this mockery, right now they are winning the “culture wars”. They get university presidents to resign, shut down Presidential candidate events, have conservative speakers pulled, and generally get folks to grovel before them and do their bidding. We even have a candidate running for President of the US that operates in 100% in accordance with the safe space paradigm. That’s why she recently labeled millions as “deplorables”– “Racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it.”
This is what safe-space folks do– it is all about controlling the narrative, controlling speech and ultimately, controlling everything by manipulating you. So they may be alone in their bullet-proof protected bubbles, but they are still calling the shots!
And it ceases being amusing when so-called “deplorables” lose their jobs, lose livelihoods and businesses, and even do jail-time, just because SAFE-SPACE people claim we offended them. It is here already and happening all around us. States being punished and economically shunned by large companies or by musician-celebrities because they don’t want their bathrooms turned into danger zones due to misguided thinking. Christian business owners punished because they hold a traditional view of marriage and therefore don’t want to endorse gay marriage ceremonies through their speech and services. 24/7 allegations of racism, white privilege, white supremacy and various other hate crimes most of us are supposedly guilty of. And denying it is futile because this just confirms your prejudice.
So it seems NOTHING one can say or do will ever change the minds of safe-spacers. Common sense is powerless to move them. The free speech and toleration they demand for themselves they deny to others, without any qualms, without self-awareness.
Remember, this is not an evidenced-based worldview but an ideology based on victimhood that demands total capitulation through emotional manipulation. It’s all about shaming and “guilt-ing” and thus making everyone grovel. You can’t give them facts, because they can neither see nor handle them. Their song is, “we can face almost anything, but REALITY we can do without”. Nevertheless in accordance with their narrative they demand retribution, reparations and total indulgence. And sadly and amazingly they are getting what they want, as universities coddle them and society as a whole caters to this progressive agenda and all its whims.
Welcome to the tyranny of the offended, my friends.
So what can be done? Well in my view the safe-space way of thinking has infiltrated policy at the highest levels, because it informs the thinking of liberal ideologues such as President Obama and Hillary Clinton. So an immediate priority is make certain Hillary Clinton does not get elected President to carry on this foolish and dangerous legacy! She is a major cheerleader for the delusional mentality, and will accelerate its complete takeover in our government and law. Only Donald Trump successfully resisted these political correct, anti-common sense manipulations, and people love him for it. Therefore, to stop this kind of nonsense and to prevent further tyranny, I urge people to unite behind Mr. Trump in the upcoming election.
Yes, Donald Trump is a flawed human being who makes mistakes and may not be right in all of his prescriptions. He is not a pure conservative. Yet he is still a candidate who shows plain common sense regarding such issues as our currently porous borders, our weak military, our wrong spending priorities. For example, he knows that around the globe our enemies no longer respect us because they no longer fear us.
He understands that our enemies don’t have to like us (this is the safe-space mentality) but do need to know we will not be bullied and taken advantage of.
Can you imagine Donald Trump, following an attack that kills 4 of our people (Benghazi), making a video at taxpayer expense that apologizes for American free speech and distributing it across the Muslim world? Essentially, blaming ourselves for the act of terror?! I cannot.
I do see him re-building our currently gutted military as promised, to demonstrate to our enemies that we will be a military force not to be trifled with, and who will use our strength wisely, as necessary. Some may argue this is not compatible with Christian principles, but that is a debate for another day.
Of course the political remedy is only a stop-gap solution. Ultimately, it is truth that sets people free (John 8:32). Which in my mind means, unapologetically, the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our chief problem is now, as it has always been, the sinfulness of the human heart, which no power can fix but the Lord. We currently enjoy the freedom to deliver such a message openly, but that freedom is rapidly being stolen. That is why the immediate fix of electing the right leaders is so important. So that we can lead “peaceful lives” and continue to exert influence in the marketplace of ideas. I hope and pray that we as a people may arise to see the stark dangers before us, and that believers especially, would take action and would pray.
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. (1 Tim 2:-6)
Some argue that Christians should not get involved in politics, that since the Lord is sovereign He will place into leadership those whom He chooses. I agree that of course the Lord is sovereign, yet we are called to be “salt and light” in our world. This I believe includes every aspect of life– not just a life of privatized faith, but a publicly lived out faith that includes but how we live, how we work, how we vote, etc. There is no reason, especially in a country such as ours founded on principles of freedom to worship and to live in accordance with faith or no faith, that secular humanism should be allowed to dictate all law and policy. We as salt stand for and live out truth, thus preserving that which is good in society, and reflect God’s light by proclaiming the truth that points to the ultimate light, Jesus Christ. May God grant that we can continue in this blessed freedom and that we may do our part to preserve it.
“So what can be done? Well in my view the safe-space way of thinking has infiltrated policy at the highest levels, because it informs the thinking of liberal ideologues such as President Obama and Hillary Clinton. So an immediate priority is make certain Hillary Clinton does not get elected President to carry on this foolish and dangerous legacy! She is a major cheerleader for this delusional mentality, and will accelerate its complete takeover in our government and law.”
Yes, I agree that tyranny is an appropriate label. And I also agree that this is actually quite serious legally and that there may still be time to try to address this tyranny politically by opposing Hillary Clinton.
Thanks for the comment, Rick. Right now it seems the writing is on the wall for further diminishing the liberties we’ve taken for granted. The progressive agenda has been rapidly advancing and heavily promoted. Yet I also sense in the enthusiasm and fervor for Trump a frustration with this direction and real desire on the part of many to see this trajectory stopped. Even if all haven’t fully thought through the reasons for their discomfort, I think they sense our country has just become crazy and unhinged from reality. Boys and girls told they can choose their sex, everyone labeled racist or some kind of hater 24/7, climate change is more of a threat than ISIS. And you can’t just agree to disagree — you must submit to the agenda. So free speech is being stolen and the whole country too busy playing Pokemon and watching Desperate Housewives to care. But the Trump phenomenon gives me hope that at least some folks are waking up. Of course hes not the savior but he can help the country turn in a much needed different direction. But spiritual renewal still is imperative.