Trigger warnings are cultural infantilism

Trigger warning: This column contains triggers which may trigger you. Like a faulty gun, you might read this and go off with a loud bang. 
Trigger warnings are cultural infantilism

We need trigger warnings because we are no longer able to read, look at, listen to, or be around anything that could set us off.

This is because we are all profoundly traumatised in various ways, and virtually anything can hurtle this trauma to the surface . Seriously. Are you sure you’ll be OK reading this to the end?

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