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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.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by Hairyfeet on Tuesday September 01 2015, @07:16PM
I'll just leave this here [reddit.com], but that term? I don't think it means what you think it means...
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
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
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.