HOW 'SAFE SPACES' HAVE TAKEN OVER BRITISH UNIVERSITIES
Maryam
Namazie is the latest in a string of people to fall foul of university
'safe space' policies which attempt to keep controversial speakers off
campus.
In
October, feminist activists attempted to cancel a talk by Germaine
Greer at Cardiff University because of her belief that transgender women
are not real women.
Historian
David Starkey was recently edited out of a Cambridge University
fundraising video after students protested over his history of outspoken
statements on race and gender.
At Warwick University, student George Lawlor became a hate figure because he criticised compulsory anti-rape classes.
Oxford
University has been targeted by a movement lobbying to remove statues
of Cecil Rhodes, the 19th-century imperialist and philanthropist, due to
his racist politicial views.
And
last month, MailOnline columnist Katie Hopkins spoke out against
students who turned their back on her when she was giving a lecture at
Brunel University.
A
number of universities now pledge to create a 'safe space' for their
students, inspired by similar policies in the US, in order to protect
them from language or behaviour which could be considered offensive or
threatening.
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