This is terrific! It’s fascinating about how these ideas became what is basically “the standard.”

We did agree? lol! I honestly don’t remember that.

The reason you don’t understand is you are trying to argue something I’m not even discussing. You’re arguing past my points to some point of your own. My posts look pretty clear to me, but I’ll try one more time.

I want people to consider the real meaning of trigger warnings and what they actually consist of presently. I actually DIDN’T say that I “wanted trigger warnings before difficult subjects.” I said that trigger warnings are not what you are saying they are.

No, it’s just called being smart about class discussion and a decent human being. Really. It’s simply a courteous heads-up. Your knee-jerk reaction, built entirely from some pundit’s talking points, both misidentifies what a trigger warning is, and even when someone presents you with the alternative, real life use of…

But, the whole point is that no subject is avoided. Trigger warnings do not avoid discussing or teaching or include censorship. It’s literally a heads-up.

Exactly.

Exactly. It really is about “not being a dick” and that’s basically it.

Well, actually, I never did say that. YOU said that and have continued to stubbornly claim it as truth. However, you do know the comments are visible, yes? It is your narrative. I can’t even figure out what you mean by “certain subjects” because it’s so far from anything I’m discussing. What certain subjects are you…

Ha! Yes. The whole “real” mom thing. I often wonder about people who make that “real” mom (or real whatever) claim. It’s a bit silly.

Well ... that’s all conjecture, though. Are there really false claims or is this something jumped on as the “truth” without really strong evidence? I’d rather go on more than accusations and internet “experts.”

Since that whole “certain subjects” thing is your narrative, I don’t really have a comment on it. It’s your imagination. You fill in that blank by yourself. I’ve never mentioned it.

I have a whole complex set up in my mind. In it, there is a full library with staff, a coffee shop, a park, a spa, and the elementary school is just down the street. Of course, I am also ridiculously rich.

I don’t get it. Why are they mad? Because she’s happy and satisfied with her life?

Right??? What does this mean???????

haha! What?!?

No, I said “more distant,” meaning it’s not her parent, but it’s still her grandparent. No judgment at all on the distance thing, more on the grandparent part.

No, I’m not saying certain subjects need trigger warnings. You are making that up to try to win the argument. I never said that once. Find where I said it. (sound of crickets) What I AM saying is that, before Oberlin came out with its own extensive set of ideas, a trigger warning in a classroom was literally, “Hey,…

Her granddad is from Mexico, so, yes, although it’s more distant because it’s her grandparent, of course.

I do realize they’ve been conflated into a whole lot of other things, instead of what they very simply are, yes. That was my entire point. And what I described is still, your words, unacceptable. Your claims about the simplest use of these warnings still makes the grandiose claim that they prevent discussion. I don’t…