There’s No Room for Snowflakes in the Kingdom, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream, January 2, 2025

Dr. Jules Gomes, (BA, BD, MTh, PhD), has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

The phenomenon of university students demanding “safe spaces” on college campuses began in 2016, after Donald Trump’s election. Ivy League colleges created safe spaces where the next generation could color pictures like preschoolers, receive counseling, or engage in therapeutic cuddling with a puppy or a cat.

At Brown University, students found the idea of a debate between a leftist-feminist and a libertarian-feminist so traumatic that the university had to arrange for a safe space stocked with cookies, coloring books, bubbles, Play-Doh, calming music, pillows, blankets, and a video of frolicking puppies. …

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