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SadPandaIsSad  ·  3465 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Should Literature be "triggering"?

A have addressed a few of your arguments in a reply to another person before I read this. My concern is that people are forced to tiptoe around others insecurities and often the person triggering the person is seen as the bad guy for not knowing that it was their trigger. It's not that we can't let people know that they will be subjected to these kinds of things. Also everyone seems to have something that sets them off and understanding that other people don't know what is going to set you of is just as important as using that information to decide what you will subject that person to.

We often see only our side especially when it is something we feel emotionally about. Often emotions give us a false sense of being right or even righteous. I simply ask that we take that into account before villainizing someone especially an educator who is well within there courses subject matter.