Posted: 09 Jun 2016 05:13 PM PDT
Why
do so many of our young people instantly break down in tears the moment
anything seriously offends them? Have we raised an entire generation
that has been so coddled and that is so spineless that it is completely
incapable of dealing with the harsh realities of the modern world? At
colleges and universities all over America, students are now demanding
“safe spaces” where anything and everything that could possibly make
them feel “uncomfortable” is banned. And “trigger warnings” are being
placed on some of our great literary classics because they might cause
some students to feel “unsafe” because they may be reminded of a past
trauma. In this day and age, our overly coddled young people have come
to expect that they should be automatically shielded from anything that
could remotely be considered harmful or offensive, and as a result we
now have an entire generation that is completely lacking in toughness.
That may be fine as long as you can depend on Mom and Dad, but how in
the world are these young men and women going to handle the difficult
challenges that come with living in the real world?Author Claire Fox has a great deal of experience dealing with these overly sensitive young people, and she has dubbed them “Generation Snowflake”…http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/generation-snowflake-safe-spaces-trigger-warnings-and-the-wussification-of-our-overly-coddled-young-people
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