Flaws Of Lukianoff's Argument

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Flaws of Lukianoff and Hadit argument One of the biggest flaws that of the author's argument is there is a no statistical evidence. One of the first claims the authors makes is blames this issue on generational problems. But where's the proof? There is no research study showing that a baby boomer who is enrolled in college now and a millennial may have the same emotions when a professor mentioned a touchy topic. Next, they claim that suppressing ideas for college student can affect their mental health. In this situation they used the example of University of St. Thomas, in Minnesota, an event called Hump Day, which would have allowed people to pet a camel, was abruptly canceled. Students had created a Facebook group where they protested

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