A being a space where someone is free to express themselves. For the right, whether you agree with them or not, that space was no longer the mainstream.
By labeling yours a "safe space" and theirs as "hate space" you are part of the problem.
I really want to agree with you, but glancing over the red feed, a ton of it does look like a hate space, far more than in the blue feed.
Clicking "Hillary Clinton" for example displays an article about "raining down on Iran", an article about "butt-hurt muslims", an article furious about a possible presidential pardon for Hillary, one about "Hillary's Sick Scheme to Get Off Scot-Free", and one that says "People Have to Die - Hillary Clinton Supporter Calls for Violence".
Comparatively, in the Blue feed for Donald Trump, I only see two "hate" articles: one misclassified as blue about a man getting beaten and one about "hate rapidly spreading across america". The rest is about Warren, ACLU support, Donald Trump visiting the white house, and "grieving for the nation".
Most of the articles on both feeds are garbage. I get a feeling not using Facebook day to day and sticking to just people I actually know in the friend list has been a godsend. Even my Twitter feed was awful the day of the election.
Note emphasis. More explicitly stated: the "safe space" that was invented/demanded by the left is why the algorithm created a "hate space" for the right. The red never asked for hate, it is what the left fed them.
Not correctly listening to your opponents' arguments is the actual problem here. Regurgitating arguments is the problem here. Presumption about another person's stance is the problem here. This is exactly how the working class in America got angry and voted. They were screaming to be heard and all they got is "you are part of the problem. Shut up, you are in my safe space."
As it turns out, the notion of having a "safe space" is as bad a "hate space," because in the end both are hate spaces.
Exactly. That's kind of the point of free speech to begin with, at least in part. If a person can only express oneself in a specific zone, you end up with bottled emotions, ideas and frustrations boiling over by the time the arrive.
Combine that with the generalization that occurs on the more polarizing subjects (life/choice, guns, violence, police, race. . .) It snowballs.
Especially in a culture where there is a fear of expressing an opinion such as 'my body, my life' or 'all lives matter’ or ‘guns don't kill, people do' will often result in hate from acquaintances and strangers .
As a society, I think we're are still learning how to deal with the idea that anyone can say something with the potential to be seen by the masses, and be responded to in kind -and en masse.
A being a space where someone is free to express themselves. For the right, whether you agree with them or not, that space was no longer the mainstream.
By labeling yours a "safe space" and theirs as "hate space" you are part of the problem.