Week 7- Max Ma (A03)

In this world, there are many words and things that are unfitting into the model of "liberal society". However, it is extremely hard to make everyone or every group of people "un-offended" at the same time. Words are interpreted differently across many racial and gender groups, therefore, one word that affects a group negatively could mean nothing to the others. In order to be pre-cautious, Universities became extremely strict on the existence of these words that can potentially lead to a student strike. As a result, the contents of our education are so filtered in a way that we don't get to expose ourselves to the things that can truly allow us to be well educated on these humanitarian issues.

Our society has heavily focused on the importance of liberating ideas, opinions, and many types of rights. In the hopes of achieving a perfectly liberal society, we are restraining ourselves from telling the truth, the history, and some of the most important issues that may help us understand each other.
I think that watering down the contents or use of words in our higher education system is hindering us from learning and knowing facts. Dodging the problems won't educate us to solve the problem. Also, I think students in high education system are old enough to know the purpose behind these potentially offensive contents. Some of the more offensive contents can actually serve as meaningful materials to allow us to reflect on our society's past and mistakes.


Question:
Is pursuing a full "liberal" society really a good thing for us? Is there side effects that come along with it that we need to be aware of?

Reference:
Lukianoff, G., & Haidt, J. (2015). “The Coddling of the Asian American Mind.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
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