(transitive, slang, derogatory, offensive) To insert into a hugbox; to insert into an environment that validates or reinforces a narrow set of beliefs by relying on false positivity and excluding any
Sorry, it's just that I've seen that word almost exclusively used by far-right trolls who accuse any space in which racial slurs are not allowed of being a "hugbox"
Obviously harassment and racism and such, that should be policed. "Don't be a dick" is an easy and reasonable umbrella rule. To me, those limitations don't even come to mind with the term "hugbox".
(transitive, slang, derogatory, offensive) To insert into a hugbox; to insert into an environment that validates or reinforces a narrow set of beliefs by relying on false positivity and excluding any form of criticism.
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(slang) An environment that validates or reinforces a narrow set of beliefs by relying on false positivity and excluding any form of criticism.
“Sorry, it's just that I've seen that word almost exclusively used by far-right trolls who accuse any space in which racial slurs are not allowed of being a "hugbox"”
“Obviously harassment and racism and such, that should be policed. "Don't be a dick" is an easy and reasonable umbrella rule. To me, those limitations don't even come to mind with the term "hugbox".”
A therapeutic device designed to apply pressure to the body of a hypersensitive person (usually someone on the autism spectrum) in order to calm them by providing grounding sensory stimulation.