Conservatives are ostensibly opposed to the idea of safe spaces, so how do we reconcile that ideology with the fact that they want safe spaces in communities where they are the minority?
I'm not sure "safe space" is the right word. People lose jobs, housing opportunities, and professional connections for being conservative in the Bay Area. There's a damn good reason to be afraid and it isn't about our "feelings". There are professional repercussions.
Sounds to me like literally the exact same thing the left claims about being black or a woman in contexts where the conservative ideology is more pervasive.
Hopefully we can both agree these are bad things to occur due to race, gender, sex, political orientation, etc. You should be judged for how you treat and speak to people, not for your political opinions.
I've worked with men that genuinely believe that women should not be educated and just stay home with children. Whatever. They treated women well in class and outside of class and THAT is what they should be judged on for jobs, housing, and connections --- not their personal opinions when they vote.
Whether its true or not, my point is that the complaint is the same as the one you articulated in your original comment.
> You should be judged for how you treat and speak to people, not for your political opinions.
Nobody on either side believes this; the right judges the left as communists destroying America and the left judges the right as Nazis destroying America, that's the nature of politics.
This attitude is the exact sort of attitude causing all the problems. And, no, not everyone has it.
Of course they do. Their central claim is that systemic inequality disenfranchises marginalized groups and safe spaces are needed as a counterbalance to oppression.
> Safe spaces are about segregation, not integration
This is your own political spin, the left definitely does not agree with that characterization.
"But it's them!"