The trepidation to not offend individuals with wrong views or actions of any sort has gone past all limits; this has gone too far in today’s world charged with political correctness. The joy of learning often suppressed in an effort for an individual to acknowledge the world. This causes missed opportunities for new learning (and growth) to take place where one can discover how to deal with problems and challenges that may happen in their lives. It’s vital that we encounter the world as it’s and permit peoples’ ‘differences in thinking. Consequently, it’s clear that people (to a noteworthy degree) require the world to be realistic and unforgiving; for their views and experiences to be consistent with life.
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An individual with a clear mind will be able to point out a number of similar ideas and predictions. The article “The Coddling of American Mind” addresses problems associated with the current challenges of studying at colleges and/or universities. With an accent on emotional welfare, students arise and demand to clean the campuses of ideas, words and actions that may (in any way) give an offense or cause discomfort to some individuals. In such manner, these classical pieces of literature as “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald or “Metamorphoses” by Ovid must now possess a so-called “warning labels” as reflected through the opinions of these students’ movement that depicts physical abuse and depravity. Moreover, the teaching staffs are not safe either; if the lecture contains views that may offend some nationalities or beliefs, they must be desensitized as well. Importantly, universities have initiated “trigger warnings” and “microaggressions” to have “safe spaces” where no one allowed attaining a personal viewpoint, not even to voice it (Lukianoff & Haidt, 2015). With the thriving democracy and an unlimited freedom of speech (which are becoming more exclusive) the world heads towards a world described in Orwell’s 1984 novel; a terrifying place where everything based on …show more content…
When reading the article by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt a person with a sound judgement is able to observe a clear similarity between Orwell’s “Thought Police” (Orwell, 1984- an organization which polices every step, action and thought) and the movement of oversensitive students which, essentially does the same thing; by slowly eroding freedom of expression. The same may be said about Orwell’s “Thoughtcrime” (Orwell, 1984), nowadays people are forbidden to behave or act as they desire, just to not cause any harm to the younger and emotionally over-sensitive generation. It must be remembered: as soon as the free discourse is constrained, the thought is controlled; one can drive individuals to submit to a mindset as proper and agreeable as one desires it to be. According to Orwell, “it was as though some huge force were pressing down upon you-something that penetrated inside your skin, battering against your brain, frightening you out of your beliefs, persuading you almost to deny the evidence of your senses; in the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five and you would have to believe it” (Orwell, 1949,
Furthermore, there’s no compelling …show more content…
An individual with a clear mind will be able to point out a number of similar ideas and predictions. The article “The Coddling of American Mind” addresses problems associated with the current challenges of studying at colleges and/or universities. With an accent on emotional welfare, students arise and demand to clean the campuses of ideas, words and actions that may (in any way) give an offense or cause discomfort to some individuals. In such manner, these classical pieces of literature as “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald or “Metamorphoses” by Ovid must now possess a so-called “warning labels” as reflected through the opinions of these students’ movement that depicts physical abuse and depravity. Moreover, the teaching staffs are not safe either; if the lecture contains views that may offend some nationalities or beliefs, they must be desensitized as well. Importantly, universities have initiated “trigger warnings” and “microaggressions” to have “safe spaces” where no one allowed attaining a personal viewpoint, not even to voice it (Lukianoff & Haidt, 2015). With the thriving democracy and an unlimited freedom of speech (which are becoming more exclusive) the world heads towards a world described in Orwell’s 1984 novel; a terrifying place where everything based on …show more content…
When reading the article by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt a person with a sound judgement is able to observe a clear similarity between Orwell’s “Thought Police” (Orwell, 1984- an organization which polices every step, action and thought) and the movement of oversensitive students which, essentially does the same thing; by slowly eroding freedom of expression. The same may be said about Orwell’s “Thoughtcrime” (Orwell, 1984), nowadays people are forbidden to behave or act as they desire, just to not cause any harm to the younger and emotionally over-sensitive generation. It must be remembered: as soon as the free discourse is constrained, the thought is controlled; one can drive individuals to submit to a mindset as proper and agreeable as one desires it to be. According to Orwell, “it was as though some huge force were pressing down upon you-something that penetrated inside your skin, battering against your brain, frightening you out of your beliefs, persuading you almost to deny the evidence of your senses; in the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five and you would have to believe it” (Orwell, 1949,