Sure. I think that's a good way of looking at it and maybe doing something about it. Check out "The Coddling of the American Mind." I'm not sure cognitive therapy is the answer, though it's lined up as a possible cure. Just facing life as it's lived would be a good lesson though.
Here's the problem:
Last December, Jeannie Suk wrote in an online article for The New Yorker about law students asking her fellow professors at Harvard not to teach rape law—or, in one case, even use the word violate (as in “that violates the law”) lest it cause students distress. ...Lukianoff/Haidt/Atlantic
And that's just the first example. What we're dealing with is a pervasive absurdity in life as in a school or university: the claim that one could live in a world in which one will never be offended. It's the world of Kim Davis, County Clerk,* who's clearly offended by some aspects of her job. It's the world of people who don't think they should have to deal with or share America with anyone who differs from them.
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*For those who have forgotten, County Clerks are the folks who oversee voting registration, voting, and vote counting. With someone like Kim Davis in charge of your ballot's fate, you'd be excused for wondering (with a cynicism not allowed on your alma mater's campus) whether Kim Davis should have the kind of office she holds. Suppose she decides your librul vote is as bad as -- or even worse than! -- a couple of guys getting hitched?
