The truly maddening thing about "Safetyism" is that it doesn't actually make anyone more "safe" overall - it just prioritizes one type of "safety" over another - namely, the marginal "safety" for some people to avoid hearing opinions they don't like, over the safety of expressing yourself without fear of judgement or reprisal.

If I didn't know any better, and you told me I was in a "safe space", I would actually assume we were talking about the latter - because that's the type of "safety" that seems much more important to me. It's like when you talk to a therapist. You can say whatever you feel, and they'll help you work through it and hopefully make more sense of it or turn it into something positive. That's why the "safety" of expressing our opinions is so important. A "safe space", to me, would be like a group therapy session, where people express and discuss their feelings and opinions free of judgment.

But the other type of "safety" isn't really what I'd call a "safe space" - I'd call it an echo chamber.