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07-10-2015, 04:52 PM
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Now on Trigger Warnings....I am sorry that the only link you could find was the Urban Dictionary....not sure what that means....but here is some reading and I sure hope I am not being a downer on all the humor you get from this stuff....
From the New York Times...
"Should students about to read “The Great Gatsby” be forewarned about “a variety of scenes that reference gory, abusive and misogynistic violence,” as one Rutgers student proposed? Would any book that addresses racism — like “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” or “Things Fall Apart” — have to be preceded by a note of caution? Do sexual images from Greek mythology need to come with a viewer-beware label?
Colleges across the country this spring have been wrestling with student requests for what are known as “trigger warnings,” explicit alerts that the material they are about to read or see in a classroom might upset them or, as some students assert, cause symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in victims of rape or in war veterans.
The warnings, which have their ideological roots in feminist thought, have gained the most traction at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where the student government formally called for them. But there have been similar requests from students at Oberlin College, Rutgers University, the University of Michigan, George Washington University and other schools.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/us...uirm.html?_r=0
This is from the Boston Globe, and despite you finding all this funny...cracking up is the word...they seem to find it serious enough.
"WARNING: THIS column may contain material you disagree with or find offensive. It may provoke a strong reaction, making you feel angry or exposed. Of course, you can log off or turn the page. But this is the opinion section of a general-interest newspaper. Shouldn’t you expect to find provocative, even threatening ideas? And shouldn’t other readers be able to see this column without a cautionary note that it might do them harm?
Something similar is happening on college campuses, where reasonable concern for students who may have suffered terrible traumas has morphed into a serious threat to intellectual freedom. Increasingly, students are expecting “trigger warnings’’ to be issued before they are asked to read certain texts or view course material that may be troubling. It can be something as raw as a graphic rape scene or a bloody wartime battle, or more conceptual, such as themes of racism or oppression. At some schools, students want to be allowed to skip a class or reading if they fear it will trigger a stressful reaction."
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/...2I/story.html#
Everything that others say is not fodder for your mocking and making fun. You actually used the URBAN DICTIONARY to say something or other about Trigger Warnings. Sometimes it is nice to have a conversation with an adult who actually is aware of what is going on.
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