I know a couple of our little friends here can relate to this:
FIRE’s Greg Lukianoff talks with the Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas:
Not only is the situation on campus bad for freedom of speech, I think we’re teaching students to engage in cognitive distortion. We’re teaching them to magnify problems, we’re teaching them to personalise problems, we’re teaching them to engage in all-or-nothing thinking. All of these things, research indicates, that if you adopt them as mental habits are going to make you miserable.
“Censorship is like taking Xanax for syphilis. Essentially, it just makes you feel a little better, calms you down, but it sure isn’t doing anything for your disease.”
have a wee boo at the video kids:
Greg Lukianoff FIRE President: College Censorship Is Damaging Young Minds | The Daily Caller
FIRE’s Greg Lukianoff talks with the Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas:
Not only is the situation on campus bad for freedom of speech, I think we’re teaching students to engage in cognitive distortion. We’re teaching them to magnify problems, we’re teaching them to personalise problems, we’re teaching them to engage in all-or-nothing thinking. All of these things, research indicates, that if you adopt them as mental habits are going to make you miserable.
“Censorship is like taking Xanax for syphilis. Essentially, it just makes you feel a little better, calms you down, but it sure isn’t doing anything for your disease.”
have a wee boo at the video kids:
Greg Lukianoff FIRE President: College Censorship Is Damaging Young Minds | The Daily Caller
