>> Enh, I'm skeptical about safe spaces, but that's because I've been ejected from them because my EXISTENCE was considered to be triggering. (One LGBT safe space kicked me out for being multi; the other tossed me for refusing to use gender-binary pronouns. <<
The pronoun issue is made of especially pure stupid.
>> One of them was a suicide support chat too, which pretty much cured me of any inclination to go to suicide support lines.) <<
And this is why we have a dearth of help-seeking behavior: because when people go looking for help, very often they get smacked for it, and that kills the urge very quickly.
>>On the whole, I found them only useful if you happen to conform to the exact identity labels they were made for. Getting kicked out, usually quite abruptly, tended to be a nasty surprise; at least trolls, I EXPECT to be douchey, and I can fight back.<<
I am sorry to hear that what I wrote about Stan and Lawrence's experience was so accurate. :( Safe spaces are supposed to be safe, but they just ... aren't, always.
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dancing_serpent
Alas!
Date: 2015-05-13 08:12 pm (UTC)The pronoun issue is made of especially pure stupid.
>> One of them was a suicide support chat too, which pretty much cured me of any inclination to go to suicide support lines.) <<
And this is why we have a dearth of help-seeking behavior: because when people go looking for help, very often they get smacked for it, and that kills the urge very quickly.
>>On the whole, I found them only useful if you happen to conform to the exact identity labels they were made for. Getting kicked out, usually quite abruptly, tended to be a nasty surprise; at least trolls, I EXPECT to be douchey, and I can fight back.<<
I am sorry to hear that what I wrote about Stan and Lawrence's experience was so accurate. :( Safe spaces are supposed to be safe, but they just ... aren't, always.