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bluestateguy

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4. Even some very leftist professors are disturbed by this trend

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 05:53 AM

Aug 2015

So-called microaggressions, trigger warnings, etc.

You get to a point where people feel afraid to say anything, lest it be turned into a campus disciplinary matter.

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The Coddling of the American Mind [View all] TexasTowelie Aug 2015 OP

"Microaggressions" handmade34 Aug 2015 #1

This is all part and parcel of our increasingly popular fetish of victimhood. PSPS Aug 2015 #2

That is a most excellent article, I read it this afternoon. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #3

Even some very leftist professors are disturbed by this trend bluestateguy Aug 2015 #4

K and R. I just hope this "disturbing" OP survives long enough for me to finish it. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #5

Offensensitivity ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #6

Just had a great example of that happen in a thread dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #7

Interesting to note the strip is from 1982 ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #8

This is the post, it opened for me.. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #9