Free speech is last century. Today’s students want the ‘right to be comfortable’

Re:Free speech is last century. Today’s students want the ‘r... by PhasmaFelis on Saturday December 27, 2014 @02:17AM (#8801949)

> What are the good arguments FOR "trigger warnings?"

If you've ever seen a rape survivor having a PTSD-induced breakdown, you consider it polite to avoid causing that when practical.

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Re:Free speech is last century. Today’s students want the ‘r... by kryps on Saturday December 27, 2014 @02:31AM (#8801980)

So we won't have a public debate about war anymore because it might cause a PTSD-induced breakdown in veterans?

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Re:Free speech is last century. Today’s students want the ‘r... by gpcz on Saturday December 27, 2014 @02:34AM (#8801982)

We'd still have the debate, but if we know in advance that we're going to show or describe the horrors of war in graphic detail, we'd warn the veterans in the audience beforehand. Trigger warnings aren't censorship, they're common courtesy.

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Re:Free speech is last century. Today’s students want the ‘r... by MrDom on Saturday December 27, 2014 @04:06AM (#8802127)

How long before the trigger warning itself triggers the very behavior they're trying to warn about?

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Re:Free speech is last century. Today’s students want the ‘r... by Paradigma11 on Saturday December 27, 2014 @10:24AM (#8802773)

So i am not courteous and now what?

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Re:Free speech is last century. Today’s students want the ‘r... by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @12:14PM (#8815488)

Are you not paying attention? Trigger warnings are how you can have public debate without triggering people.

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