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I agree 100% with what he says about University;

"University is not a safe space. If you want to go somewhere and have yourself taken apart intellectually, and then hopefully put back together, then you go to University. Everything you believe should be challenged in every possible way."

ANY discussion should be fair game in a University setting. So in a sense it should be a "safe space" - but in the sense of being a safe space for radical openness. It should be a place where debates can be taken to extremes without consequence in a "what happens in a Uni debate stays in the Uni debate" sense... not somewhere that people should have to moderate themselves for fear of causing upset.

The proper study of psychology, philosophy, sociology etc. will tear apart everything you think you know in ways that a little bit of debate, or hearing the extreme opinions of others, never could... so in my strong opinion, anyone who can't handle the absolute basics without being upset simply isn't cut out for higher education. Not until they have a solid enough sense of self to not be upset by conflicting ideologies.