Oh forgive me, yes, what we really need in this world is more unbidden critical commentary on women’s looks! Please, won’t you tell us more about what you think????? It’s cute how the only defense mechanism you seem to have is suggesting that I’m upset, like that has any bearing whatsoever on who’s an asshole here.

Truly, spoken like a man who has no idea when a woman is or isn’t wearing makeup.

Yeah, but remember that the MOST IMPORTANT THING is that you publicly share your thoughts about women’s looks. It is incredibly important that you make it known if you think a woman is ugly. Or if you think a woman is hot. Your assessment simply MUST be shared with the world!

Don’t insult the process that goes into the product you consume.

That’s because you like a made-up face and live in a culture that lets you delude yourself otherwise. It’s o.k. to like makeup on people, but at least have the self respect to admit that instead of cattily assuming that the few times you ever actually see an un-madeup face then that person must be especially ugly…

All the women you see in ads, tv shows, movies, fashion models, porn stars, bikini models, etc generally don’t look like that in real life (not just these women). I know, it’s heartbreaking to burst that delusional, chauvinistic bubble about female beauty, but you don’t have to be a dick about it.

No, you don’t even get what makes you an asshole. That’s probably why you’re an asshole.

Ho ho! Oh, you’re FUNNY. Don’t be an asshole.

I don’t see how telling students that there is material that may be triggering, but still requiring them to do the work, allows students to “avoid” triggering material.

You’re trying to equate trigger warnings with “avoiding,” which they are not. As I said, I have never seen a situation in which “trigger warning” meant “You don’t have to do the work,” or “We will avoid this topic.” Trigger warnings let people know that a tough topic will be discussed. It’s possible that situations…

This is pretty definitive proof you have no understanding of trigger warnings and their use.

I doubt your credentials.

Um, generally speaking, university students are already free to opt out of discussions, trigger warnings or not. Maybe at Kim Il Sung U or Idi Amin State you don’t have that option, but at every college I know of, the professors don’t deadbolt the doors and hold you until class is up.

Nobody is avoiding difficult subjects with victims present. You’ve been told that by an actual instructor here. You quite literally have no understanding of what you’re talking about. Like, at all.

Eh. I think you’re buying the thought that the tumblr-types who screech at everything are all over college campuses telling professors they need to abide by their triggers on everyday minutae or else. I know tumblr-types exist, but I think they know better than that how to function in the real world because if not…

I don’t think you have a firm grasp of how TW work. It’s not a ban on a subject matter. It’s just an alert that a topic is going to come up. You know, like a syllabus. It doesn’t do anything to hinder a conversation. It just tells what the topic of conversation is going to be ahead of time.

Sure, they can. And trigger warnings can help them integrate back into their daily lives while seeking treatment for PTSD, if they have it. In 12 years in academia, I’ve never encountered a trigger warning that allowed students to not show up to class or not do the work. So I really don’t see how being against trigger…

Right. PTSD and other trauma survivors = “fragile and precious.”

I’ve been in academia 12 years, taught 20 semester, including a lot of controversial topics. The anti-trigger warning thing is just mystifying to me. Like, what is so awful about saying ‘Hey, there’s a graphic description of rape coming up. If that is something you find disturbing, maybe make some time to process…

No, he came out against keeping controversial opinions off campus.