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If the event were named something else, would it be acceptable?

• Alupis 3y ago
  > If the event were named something else, would it be acceptable? Almost certainly yes - which is very troubling to think about. Literally walking out of a gathering because a dead person's name was brought up demonstrates deep emotional immaturity, regardless of whatever perceived negatives that word may or may not be associated with. Since the gathering's goal was to engage in philosophical and intellectual debate; OP's reaction is even more troubling. Since it's TJ, OP's reaction is also very ironic. Had the concept been referred to by some other name, OP wouldn't have felt the deep desire to signal their "position" on a dead person's name. I believe this is the emotionally "triggered" concept.
  • patrickmay 3y ago
    Assuming it actually happened, this strikes me more as performative virtue signaling than a response to an emotional "trigger."
  • nvy 3y ago
    >I believe this is the emotionally "triggered" concept. "Triggered", when it first entered the popular lexicon, used to refer exclusively to people with PTSD experiencing something that triggered (!) a heightened stress response, panic attack, etc. Nowadays to be triggered is to be vaguely upset at something.