by James A. George, All News Pipeline:
While basking in the euphoria of President Trump’s historic victory, I happened upon one of those articles that make you think, “Surely this must be parody on a Babylon Bee level!” We were told that students at Georgetown University “who are worried they may hear points of view they disagree with on Election Day are being offered “self-care suites’’ where they can sip hot cocoa until the scary stuff blows over.” Yes, you read that right. But, as the hawkers on TV bellow “Wait! There’s more!” Bear in mind as you try to process this disquieting information about certain segments of the population of our young people that all this is happening at an institution of “higher” learning carrying a price tag of over $61,000.00 per year to attend, and yet this is what these future “Masters of the Universe” are being treated to. You can’t make it up. The same article tells us that students at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, “pupils are also being given options for seeking refuge — not only on Election Day but all week long.”
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Not to be outdone in the comfort zone competition, Missouri State University has set up “a post-election “self-care no phone zone space” with calm jars, coloring pages, and sensory fidgets. Loath though I am to seem totally out of touch with the current scene may I be excused for asking what in the world a “calming jar” actually is and why it is an instrument of emotional therapy?
Reading about these poor babies whose greatest fear is not defending their foxhole but the very real possibility of — quelle horreur! — running out of hot cocoa reminded me of a book published a few years ago about this very subject. Titled The Coddling of the American Mind, it analyzes the danger of overly spoiling our children. The reviews of this book were uniformly favorable as it obviously hit a nerve with much of the American public. The authors argue:
“ …that overprotection is harming university students and that the use of trigger warnings and safe spaces does more harm than good.
The book goes on to discuss microaggressions, identity politics, “safetyism,” call-out culture, and intersectionality. The authors define safetyism as a culture or belief system in which safety (which includes “emotional safety”) has become a sacred value, which means that people become unwilling to make tradeoffs demanded by other practical and moral concerns. They argue that embracing the culture of safetyism has interfered with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development.”
It is worth remembering that this book was published in 2018 and it is safe to say that the “comfort zone” culture has become more deeply embedded in the years since its release.
A somewhat similar theme was explored in a long essay published the day before the election in Tablet Magazine under the title “America’s Crisis of Leadership” written by Walter Russell Mead, eminent professor of Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute.
I hasten to note that this is a very long essay, and this post does not purport to be more than a very brief sketch of its major points. A full reading would be well worth your time, as it is deeply researched and explores some of the most significant issues of our time, especially after the outcome of the Presidential election.
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