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Even if a meaningful percentage of the people clamoring for trigger warnings had a legitimate psychological condition like PTSD (which, based on my interactions
by wyager 10y ago
Even if a meaningful percentage of the people clamoring for trigger warnings had a legitimate psychological condition like PTSD (which, based on my interactions with such people at a large university, they don't), making everyone else accommodate their emotional state is not a rational, mature approach. If you have a problem, seek to treat it; don't try to foist it on everyone else.
- aninhumer 10y agoWhether it's a rational approach depends on how costly the change is to make, and how much it helps. Banning people discussing certain topics in public throughout a university is obviously too costly. Adding a brief note at the start of an article/lecture/etc. saying you're going to be discussing something is perhaps not.
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- stillsut 10y agoIn Silver Linings Playbook, Bradley Cooper is triggered into a state of rage by his wedding song. This is due to it being a reminder of his wife's betrayal. Yet his psychiatrist purposely plays the song in his waiting room when Cooper comes in for a visit.