safe spaces

We need to preserve both safe spaces and academic freedom

Written by Zach Siddiqui, Opinions Editor The right to free speech flirts with human progress the way peanut butter jives with strawberry jelly — they’re the “it couple.” At SFU, we all benefit from free speech; it’s a key component of higher learning. But I don’t support misusing it to spread hate on university campuses. The scripted battle between ‘safe space’ and ‘academic freedom’ has been short, messy, and ongoing. Many authors have worried that the safe space is restricting academic discourse, and changing university education into something unrecognizably useless. The origins of ‘safe space’ are diversely attributed: 60s–70s gay…

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