A student at the University of Edinburgh was threatened with removal from the student council after she was accused of violating one of the “safe space” rules on campus.
Imogen Wilson, vice president of academic affairs at the Students’ Association, raised her hand in objection after she was accused of failing to respond to a disabled student’s open letter. Disagreeable hand gestures are forbidden on the student council.
“At that point, I raised my arms in disagreement, as we had contacted the writers of the letter and tried hard to organize a meeting,” Wilson told The Huffington Post UK. “It was for that reason that a safe space complaint was made.”
[F]or someone to have abused the very legitimate purpose of safe space rules to get at someone they politically disagreed with was pretty low.
