Because these two are just another example of a widespread mentality sweeping higher ed that attempts to control and restrict freedom of speech. Is this video or the participants thereof important? No of course not. Is the mentality gripping higher ed demanding safe spaces and restricting speech that may be deemed offensive to some important? Absolutely.
Does anyone on here support this?
Support what? Restriction of speech? There are already restrictions to certain speech as I'm sure you're aware. Speech that could be harmful for example yelling "fire!" in a crowded place if there isn't a fire, or saying "I have a bomb" just as 2 examples. I'm sure you could come up with other examples.
I support freedom of speech that isn't harmful. Although I can make a good argument for further restrictions of speech.
If you're really interested in the source of the argument against free speech check out this site:
http://hubguitar.com/articles/discouraging-thoughts
It's a site that talks about the psychology behind why people quit learning something like a musical instrument, in that case a guitar.
Negative Self-Talk
- Example: “I suck.”
Common source: Discouraging experiences.
Solution: Reach outside of your comfort zone, but don’t put yourself into a situation where you might crash and burn. Seek supportive environments. Stay away from friends who don’t support you. Find the fun in music.
See the part about "stay away from friends who don't support you"? The reason for this is although part of you might brush off or forget about negative talk from your friends or family, your subconscious mind does not. To further complicate matters your subconscious mind does not by default distinguish fact from fiction very well. This is why you can go see a movie you know is not real, yet purposefully decide to allow suspension of disbelief to take place temporarily.
There is no reason to hate yourself because of this flaw, it isn't a flaw so much as a feature with a possible bad side effect. I call it a feature because it makes creativity possible which is the engine of invention without which we would lead a very boring existence. Imagine if no one could invent anything new ever? Remember inventing something new requires believing something that isn't real yet is possible.
Anyway back to the side effect. The negative self talk people do to themselves sometimes can be generated by negative talk others have spoken to them, even if your conscious mind doesn't believe it's true, brushed it off as insignificant or has long been forgotten. The subconscious never forgets, it can bubble up later when you don't expect it and you won't be aware of it's source. At least not right away. There are methods to access and find the source of the thought or emotion but that is another topic.
Despite this, some think it should be each individual person's responsibility to separate themselves from people who would negatively influence them or learn to control their thoughts and emotions, and not up to the government or institution of higher learning via restriction of speech.
Edited to add:
Then again some also believe it should be up to individuals themselves to decide not to imbibe in or abuse potentially harmful substances such as drugs or alcohol, and not up to the government. However not everyone agrees with this because they want the government to step in and stop people from harming themselves. That is because they feel empathetic toward people who make bad decisions because they realize they have at times made bad decisions as well and it could happen to them. This urge to "put yourself in other peoples shoes" is called empathy.
Now consider for a moment if instead of someone deciding to take drugs, that another person was secretly poisoning them with drugs.
At this point I think we would all agree that an authority should step in and stop this action, which is why we have laws against it.
Now what if that harmful substance was not a drug but information that the person administering it knows is harmful but the person receiving it is not aware of the harm it can do?
Should there be a law against it? Don't answer too hastily unless you are aware of the scope of how harmful information can be.