Feminista 'Trigger Warnings' Have Spread from Blogs to College Classes. Faculty advised to remove material that could trigger students.

wwwhistler · 2014-03-04T23:15:06+00:00

it appears that the use of "trigger warnings" is just another way to try to limit speech. should Tom Sawyer have a trigger warning? how about David Copperfield? Mobey Dick? adds in newspapers or in magazines? how long until you have to watch what you say to avoid "triggers" and subjects that might be "triggers"?

Samurai007_ · 2014-03-05T05:10:37+00:00

People who claim to have "triggers" really have poor self-control and can't stand to see anyone disagree with them. Many times in conversations on various forums I've been attacked and called a barrage of hateful names, and when the moderator would attempt to sanction them for it, they'd claim I "triggered them" and it was really my fault that they attacked me because I calmly and without personal attack or insult stated my opinions. Many times that ploy would work, and they'd be let off with a warning or I would be warned or punished for "pulling their triggers". It is, in effect, an excuse to attack someone else with absolutely no restraint or decorum, and then blame the victim for "making them do it".

Of course, if you point out how similar that sounds to domestic abusers' claims that their partner "made me hit/scream at them", you're bound to set off someone's triggers again...

mirazatha · 2014-03-05T12:53:49+00:00

speaking as someone who has experienced trauma, part of getting over it is learning how to handle things that trigger you and getting used to them so that they dont trigger you anymore. this seems like it would just lead to people never getting over their problems

questionnmark · 2014-03-05T04:30:20+00:00

I find a lot of people are so awkward around not offending anyone that conversation and interactions become stilted. You reach the point where you have to make a decision as to which group to offend sometimes because there are so many differing perspectives that you're expected to cater to with contradictory expectations.

Trigger warnings are likely one of the most offensive concepts I have ever come across. I couldn't really put a finger on why until I read this article.

tallwheel · 2014-03-05T04:37:41+00:00

Next, college textbooks will begin using words like "rapey", "creep", and "shitlord".

ZimbaZumba · 2014-03-05T06:34:35+00:00

If an article contains a trigger warning, any link to it should give me a trigger warning there is a trigger warning. Cause I start thinking of fat hairy loud things when I see one.

rg57 · 2014-03-05T08:07:40+00:00

They go off, and it's someone else's fault? No.

How about these people walk around with trigger locks instead?

giegerwasright · 2014-03-05T13:03:47+00:00

"Trigger warnings" and enforced observation of and navigation around "triggers" are about one thing and one thing only; control. It is a very simple but extremely dishonest and manipulative power play that spits in the face of personal liberty and freedom of expression.

No society that panders to them nor insists on having them pandered to can ever ever be one of liberty nor humanitarian or humanist ideals. None.

As soon as someone starts bandying about "triggering" rhetoric, you can be assured that they have identified themselves as among the lowest and most serpentine of fugazi intellects. Manipulative panic scaring witch burning tripe is what it is.

TheWheatOne · 2014-03-05T05:32:05+00:00

I can see the goodwill in this, and it has in the past, been used successfully, but its patient-side, not user-side. In other words, schools and other groups that use common 'trigger' material can still use it, but the student that has trauma episodes from such material can leave with no harm done to her per attendance.

All they have to do is talk to the teacher, or even better, get a permission slip from a doctor or therapist, and it can be avoided if they so wish to leave for that video or discussion or demonstration. It worked well for me, as I, in the past felt very nervous testing with other people when I was extremely shy. And I saw a female who left do to real trauma, and she was gently let go.

That said, we had absolutely no trouble keeping that material in standard learning and I see no reason why they should be taboo topics, especially in a college setting.

TheDoctorMouse · 2014-03-05T14:57:38+00:00

Every month or so, the RAs in my building put up a board with information about stuff: fashion, getting more sleep, ironing clothes, etc. Last month he put up a poster about sexual assault and how to avoid it. I never saw it but I heard it was pretty standard. Anyway, he ended up needing to take it down because it might trigger some people.

Maybe I'm just colder than an iceberg in a snowstorm, but a poster about avoiding sexual assault is so dangerous to someone's mental health that it has to be taken down? It seems like someone needs rigorous therapy if that's the case, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a psychology major.

Title	Feminista 'Trigger Warnings' Have Spread from Blogs to College Classes. Faculty advised to remove material that could trigger students.
Author	jpflathead
Upvotes	36
Comments	26
Date	March 4, 2014 10:44 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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