I Don t Agree With Lukianoff And Haidt s Position On...

I don t agree with Lukianoff and Haidt s position on student-driven movements arising on campuses, for a few reasons. In my current collegiate experience, there doesn t seem to be a movement trying to get rid of the offensive material. In fact, the offensive material around campus seems to travel rampantly. For example, I can hear many obscenities being shouted in the halls on a consistent basis. I would describe vindictive protectiveness in a campus context as an unconscious impulse to chastise anyone who would create an environment that arouses tension in another individual by their actions or words. I have not witnessed this type of behavior from other students or from campus groups within the college. In fact, I think this type of behavior is very rarely seen. My thoughts are that speech censorship has an impact on students depression and anxiety. Anxiety already causes fear and nervousness, so if people are expected to watch what they say, there s no doubting that it will exacerbate it even more. Additionally, depression and anxiety are two mental illnesses that enjoy each other s company, forming a crippling combo. When students are not able to express themselves without fear of vindictive protectiveness, issues are sure to arise. When the authors refer to free-range childhood, they most likely mean the time when baby boomers and Gen Xers remember riding their bicycles around their hometown, unchaperoned by adults. I agree with their conclusion that