# New Forum Needed: The Safe Zone

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**Created:** [July 12, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-needed-the-safe-zone/946270 "2021-07-12T03:35:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-needed-the-safe-zone/946270/74 "2021-07-13T19:21:25Z")

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> [@DemonTree](#):
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> The point is whether it’s acceptable to point out reality if it hurts someone’s feelings. Increasingly it seems the answer is no.

For example, this thread:

> [@Positive Gun News of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490/1905):
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> [From Saturday in Dallas, Texas](https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/dallas-police-say-man-shot-killed-27-year-old-joshua-moore-in-self-defense/287-2333e37f-b073-4383-836d-8012c618d8cf), two men were arguing when one of the men pulled a knife and attempted to stab the other man. The second man then shot and killed the man with the knife, in what police describe as self-defense.

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