Stuffed Animals and Juice Boxes: Georgetown Club Offers Safe Space for Trump Inauguration Protesters

[Frank Cannon]

http://heatst.com/culture-wars/stuffed-animals-and-juice-boxes-georgetown-offers-safe-space-for-trump-inauguration-protesters/

Concerned that some of its students might suffer long-term emotional distress from prolonged proximity to Donald Trump’s inauguration, a club at Georgetown University is offering a restorative safe space with Legos, stuffed animals, juice boxes and snacks.

The event, called “Self-Care Night,” is sponsored by GUPride, the school’s LGBT organization, and is designed to help students who spend time protesting this weekend to reconnect with their “inner children,” and de-stress.

“Join GUPride for a night of relaxation, recovery, and rest after a long week,” an email invitation sent to Georgetown GUPride members states. “There will be Legos and stuffed animals and coloring books—come to embrace the inner child and hang out with people :)”

Despite being in the heart of the nation’s capitol, Georgetown does not appear to have any special Inauguration-related events planned for the weekend (students have Friday off). However, students from Georgetown plan to attend the massive “Women’s March” on Saturday.

Georgetown’s College Democrats had also asked students to make their apartments and dorm rooms available to students who might be visiting for the protests.

Regardless, anyone who is triggered by the weekend’s events is invited to take part in Monday’s safe space. After a “long week,” the organizers say, such a activities are no doubt warranted whether you’ve taken an active part in opposing the incoming administration or not.

[Frank Cannon]

[goatprairie]

If considerable numbers of millennial college students can be traumatized so severely by the election of a moderate/liberal "Republican" president, what will the next generation be like?
The reactions of snowflakes on college campi across the country  is utterly incomprehensible to older Americans for whom setbacks and people you don't like getting elected were a fact of life and mostly taken in stride.
The question I have is: will there be a U.S.A. as it was commonly understood to be for several centuries, or will it be a snowflake "utopia"?....which will collapse in short order.

[EC]

The question I have is: will there be a U.S.A. as it was commonly understood to be for several centuries, or will it be a snowflake "utopia"?....which will collapse in short order.

To answer that, you have to take the snowflakes out of the freezer and stick them in the real world to see what happens.

One of my temperature gauges for the state of society is a pair of websites: notalwaysright and notalwaysworking (there are others as well) and Yelp reviews. The first is stories from retail and customer service, submitted by workers and customers who tend to the younger end of the spectrum. The second needs no introduction. Sort of self selected sampling, yes, but a bigger sample than I'd get by personal observation.

In my general opinion based on that sampling, the entitled, fearful outrage of the snowflakes doesn't survive the world for very long or at all. They get their heads filled with mush at college, then go out and work, same as we did.

So, my conclusion is America as you know it will mostly survive intact. You may disagree - the information I used is freely available for you also. 

[JustPassinThru]

If considerable numbers of millennial college students can be traumatized so severely by the election of a moderate/liberal "Republican" president, what will the next generation be like?
The reactions of snowflakes on college campi across the country  is utterly incomprehensible to older Americans for whom setbacks and people you don't like getting elected were a fact of life and mostly taken in stride.
The question I have is: will there be a U.S.A. as it was commonly understood to be for several centuries, or will it be a snowflake "utopia"?....which will collapse in short order.

Wait until an Iranian or Nork ICBM takes an American city out.

It'll be interesting to watch those snowflakes melt. 

And, probably, the only entertainment to be had for a long, long while thereafter.

[Wingnut]

The event, called “Self-Care Night,” is sponsored by GUPride, the school’s LGBT organization, and is designed to help students who spend time protesting this weekend to reconnect with their “inner children,” and de-stress.

“Join GUPride for a night of relaxation, recovery, and rest after a long week,” an email invitation sent to Georgetown GUPride members states. “There will be Legos and stuffed animals and coloring books—come to embrace the inner child and hang out with people ”

O Lord, do they have the strength to carry off this mighty task in one night?.... Or are they just jerking off?