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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday September 01 2015, @02:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the this-article-may-trigger-strong-emotions dept.

There is a lot of talk on the net these days about microagressions, and it's good netiquette to post trigger warnings before discussing sensitive topics. What's good in online forums isn't necessarily appropriate in-person, especially on University campuses. The cover article for September's edition of The Atlantic magazine discusses the harm that students' requests for trigger warnings on course content and accusations of microagression are causing, stifling open conversation on campuses across America. The authors also suggest that these student behaviors are actively causing harm to the students.

Avoiding trigger topics, instead of assisting those who have suffered traumas, perpetuates and enhances the pathology of the phobias they hope not to trigger. The hunt for microagression creates in the students cognitive distortions that are usually treated with cognitive behavioral therapy. The authors are calling this "The Coddling of the American Mind", and suggest it will create a generation of graduates unable to cope with the world after graduation.

The authors also appeared on the Diane Rehm show, on a segment called "The New Political Correctness: Why Some Fear It's Ruining American Education". Far from trying to shut down the conversation about race relations, the authors are trying to re-open it.


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  • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:04PM

    by Alfred (4006) on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:04PM (#230832) Journal
    I don't know what "SJW" stands for so I don't even know if I should be freaked out or offended.
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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:24PM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:24PM (#230841) Homepage Journal

    Strawberry Jam Waffles

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.
  • (Score: 5, Disagree) by ikanreed on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:27PM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:27PM (#230844) Journal

    You are one lucky motherfucker to not have been drawn into that debate and been exposed to the term "Social Justice Warrior"

    It can varyingly mean any of the following:
    *Anyone even remotely progressive on social issues(most common usage nowdays, the stupidity of which seems to have made people edge away from the below uses)
    *Anyone with extreme anti-racist/anti-sexist/similar attitudes. Which probably describes me. When this was the predominant use, I didn't instantly hate and pity anyone using the term.
    *The original use, no longer really used: people who used issues of social justice as a bludgeon in arguments not even remotely about social justice. You know "I'm a minority therefor oppressed, therefore you can't refute my arguments"

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:33PM (#230849)

      Basically the pejorative nature trickled down to the conservatives, who use it to denigrate things they don't like, ala "damn liberals."

      I prefer the term "outrage warriors" now, as it does a better job of confining the definition of SJW to where it should be.

    • (Score: 2, Funny) by OrugTor on Tuesday September 01 2015, @04:26PM

      by OrugTor (5147) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 01 2015, @04:26PM (#230877)

      Thanks for the clarification. I had been assuming it was Single Jewish Woman.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday September 01 2015, @05:22PM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday September 01 2015, @05:22PM (#230899) Journal

      Considering Ronald Reagan would fit into the camp now I figure the current definition is "Anyone to the left of Francisco Franco."

    • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Tuesday September 01 2015, @06:31PM

      by Alfred (4006) on Tuesday September 01 2015, @06:31PM (#230930) Journal
      Thank you. I just didn't the acronym. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.

      I find the last group that likes bludgeoning quite annoying and illogical. The second group is a little more gray. I don't like when, for example, I am categorized a racist because a different ethnicity chooses to gather in a location different than mine, which somehow makes me an advocate of segregation or something. No wait, that sounds more like the way of the bludgeon group. Anyway the world needs less whining and more problem solving.
    • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Hairyfeet on Tuesday September 01 2015, @07:16PM

      by Hairyfeet (75) <{bassbeast1968} {at} {gmail.com}> on Tuesday September 01 2015, @07:16PM (#230948) Journal

      I'll just leave this here [reddit.com], but that term? I don't think it means what you think it means...

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      ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
      • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by ikanreed on Tuesday September 01 2015, @07:24PM

        by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 01 2015, @07:24PM (#230952) Journal

        1.Yes, it absolutely means what I think it means.

        2. Reddit groupthink asside, most people can tell poorly considered leftist positions from racist pieces of shit with no trouble, I'm sorry for whatever mental deficiency leads you to think that subreddit is insightful.
        2a. On a side note, it's also quite possible to tell Donald Trump from Monty Burns, stupid websites alleging otherwise aside.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @01:54AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @01:54AM (#231089)

          Think whatever you want, but you and the company you keep and every facist dictator have something in common: the desire to eliminate anyone that did not think as they do.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @01:23PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @01:23PM (#231247)

      It can varyingly mean any of the following:

      The only definition I've ever seen attributable to it through its usage is "anyone who disagrees with me".

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by WizardFusion on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:41PM

    by WizardFusion (498) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 01 2015, @03:41PM (#230854) Journal

    Stanford Jazz Workshop

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @02:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @02:58PM (#231283)

    San Jose Wussies