Huh? I have no idea what you don’t believe. That I was raped? Why the hell would I lie about that? (And why, statistically speaking, would you not believe that? It’s pretty goddamn common.)

Uh...that’s still not a good example, because the person with dyslexia does really need the extra time, and so that is also an accessibility issue.

I think there’s a pretty large middle ground between “I am deeply upset by this story” and “I am completely indifferent to this story.” I don’t think she’s hoping that a substantial portion of the class would be deeply upset, but simply that they would perceive the play as having emotional weight.

The thing is, a lot of employers don’t want to hire disabled people, period. And the problem with that isn’t “disabled people are broken and not normal” but rather “a lot of employers are discriminatory jackasses.” I’m sure my disabilities do regularly color others’ views of me and make them think I’m less capable…

Maybe try reading the article you’re commenting on, or the comments you’re replying to, then? Because both of them very, very clearly talked about content warnings as an accessibility issue, and not “mere presence of some speaker you disagree with” warnings. The reason they are an accessibility issue is, quite…

Then I’m not sure what your point is. College students with PTSD (some of whom, incidentally, are veterans) are asking for the same consideration given to veterans with PTSD. College students who have experienced trauma but who may not meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD (again, some of whom are veterans) are asking…

Good to know that because I have PTSD as a result of having been repeatedly raped, I have a “feeble mind” and no longer deserve education. (My rapists, however, presumably do, since they’re not triggered by discussions of rape at all. How superior of them!)

I don’t really understand your point A. If a bunch of able-bodied people walk up a wheelchair ramp, does that somehow invalidate the necessity of wheelchair ramps? I’m sure there are people who ask for trigger warnings who don’t need them, or don’t need them as intensely as someone with PTSD does, but that doesn’t…

I don’t know if I’d call the detail “gruesome,” per se, but my recollection is that Haemon’s suicide is described pretty graphically (IIRC, there’s a line about his blood spurting out all over Antigone’s face as he dies). It’s also worth remembering that plenty of people have lost friends or family members to suicide,…

Are you somehow under the impression that no college students have PTSD?

In fairness, I think it’s okay to go for something less than “5/5" if you have a legitimately good reason. If your professor completely failed to teach the subject and instead literally spent entire class periods practicing his stand-up routine, which consisted largely of incredibly racist jokes (I actually had this…

Yes. Speaking as someone with PTSD, trigger warnings actually help me. And, as was already explained upthread, trigger warnings do not equate to “avoiding [a topic] forever in every single way.” They mean that someone who has been violently gang-raped doesn’t sit down to watch a movie in class and suddenly find…

“The function of trigger warnings, used properly, is to let people know that material will require some extra emotional effort.”

I’m sorry, but no. I have PTSD. It is definitely a disability. Calling it a disability (and thereby ensuring that I have a legal right to reasonable accommodations under the ADA) is very definitely not what is debilitating. Having panic attacks that make me feel like I’m going to die is debilitating. Waking up at…

Oh hey, another person that I get to tell to go fuck themselves.

Go fuck yourself.

No. Students may need to anonymously (or privately) ask for special accommodations if their triggers are particularly unusual, but for things like rape, suicide, murder, and so forth, a student should no more have to request special accommodations for each and every class than a student using a wheelchair should have…

You can buy a basic phone on Amazon for under $10. Hell, you can even buy one shaped like a hamburger.

Your quote: “they almost exclusively hire deranged psychopaths who are either PTSD suffering former veterans or just your average psychopath off the street.” That unambiguous states that PTSD suffering former veterans are a subset of the “deranged psychopaths” that the police hire. No need for any words to be put in…

Uh, can we maybe not suggest that having PTSD has anything to do with being a psychopath? Because it really, really doesn’t, and people with PTSD face enough stigma without randomly being used as a scapegoat for shitty police behavior.