The cases where people are asking for classrooms to be &quot;Safe Spaces&quot; the way you&#x27;re describing them are the minority.  Most people are asking for exactly what you&#x27;re suggesting - provide warnings for people that might need to remove themselves, but have uncomfortable discussions in the classroom.  The whole idea of a &quot;trigger warning&quot; doesn&#x27;t work any other way.<p>At Mizzou, they demanded a separate &quot;safe space&quot; because they were literally being sent death threats, which is a separate way to use the idea, and which, in the light of the past week&#x27;s events, were not unwarranted.