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

Not all literature should be triggering, no. I suppose all literature could be triggering though, could it not? I support labeling materials that seem likely to be offensive to some. At the same time, I don't like the idea of babying people. It's a tricky situation, I find it hard to make a clear decision one way or the other.





mrsamsa  ·  3413 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think it's really babying to include a tiny note about how the material contains issues related to various broad topics. It's like suggesting that it's "babying" to include a note before a TV show that it contains flashing lights and might set of an epileptic seizure.

BrainBurner  ·  3413 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would say a note before a video of such nature would be reasonable, which I'm totally ok with. Anything beyond reasonable (I know, subjective) I would say is babying.

mrsamsa  ·  3413 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The note before the video to prevent someone being harmed is what a trigger warning is.