"One thing that bugs me is that people think trigger warnings are to make sure people don't get offended. Being triggered is not the same thing as being offende

"One thing that bugs me is that people think trigger warnings are to make sure people don't get offended. Being triggered is not the same thing as being offended. Being triggered is about having a fucking panic attack, hyperventilating, feeling like you're having a heart attack and you're about to die." If this is your normal behavior when a person mentions something undesirable, you need help and should probably get some professional counseling before enrolling in a university. My problem is that we are catering to people with mental illnesses and making it difficult for anyone to accomplish anything without 'triggering' someone. Life is tough, brutal, and ugly. It's doing a huge disservice to our youth to not give them the tools to properly cope with it. Should they never travel abroad where trigger warnings and safe spaces will never be a thing? I traveled around Asia for 2 years when I was younger, and racism and bigotry are pretty normal occurrence. It's also pretty apparent that it's now being used as a way to silence opposing viewpoints. If I told you that gun control, atheists, and feminists trigger me, should any speech related to these on campus be banned? I think one of the strangest things about the new generation is that unlike previous generations, they are actually fighting for more segregation, not less. Even the official BLM political site wants black-only establishments. You have groups that are self-segregating based on race and gender..yet scream for more diversity. This is not my idea of diversity or freedom. Universities used to be about the freedom of expression, thought, and open discussions. You can no longer have any kind of discussion if it veers away from the current narrative of the day.