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mrsamsa  ·  3413 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Should Literature be "triggering"?

    That's exactly what a trigger warning is. The author would go as far as using trigger warnings.

That's exactly what I thought! What is this guy even arguing about?

    I think this is arguing that anything with a trigger warning will be removed from classrooms? That's the exact opposite of how trigger warnings work. You put trigger warnings on stuff you WILL be discussing, not stuff you WON'T be discussing.

His argument is worse than the idea that "trigger warnings make PTSD symptoms worse because avoidance can be a symptom of PTSD". The assumption that trigger warnings are there to ban or avoid material makes no sense, it's all about allowing them to view it and compose themselves before doing so.