Life Is “Triggering.” the Best Literature Should Be, Too

Re:Life Is “Triggering.” the Best Literature Should Be, Too by Navarr on Monday May 18, 2015 @12:47PM (#9565424)

This article likens warnings to censoring. While "triggered" is commonly misused by a large number of people, it did stem from people who suffer PTSD like symptoms from traumatic events.

Giving such people a way to prepare themselves for these types of events, or recuse themselves if absolutely necessary, shouldn't be considered the same as censorship.

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Re:Life Is “Triggering.” the Best Literature Should Be, Too by dmschulman on Monday May 18, 2015 @12:58PM (#9565517)

I think the underlying issue goes beyond a simple warning at the top of an assignment containing triggering material. It's more so about the implications of deeming something as "triggering" and how that classification can affect the rest of the course/materials/students beyond the offended party.

Also there are implications for the professors and the future courses they'd choose to offer in this situation. Maybe we won't have courses on the Greek classics in a few years because the risk vs reward for the people electing to teach those courses.

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Re:Life Is “Triggering.” the Best Literature Should Be, Too by nmrm2 on Monday May 18, 2015 @02:26PM (#9566046)

These both strike me as extraordinarily unlikely outcomes.

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Re:Life Is “Triggering.” the Best Literature Should Be, Too by strangecasts on Monday May 18, 2015 @12:57PM (#9565510)

Yeah, I find the backlash really confusing - I've genuinely never encountered anyone using content warnings as a suggestion that the text in question should be censored.

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