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(½) Got into an argument with mother over trigger warnings (specifically regarding course materials in college classes). I brought up the fact that there are college students who are veterans and have PTSD. Thinking, foolishly, that that would make her consider being in favor of trigger warnings, considering that she has 1 brother, 2 cousins, and 2 uncles who have been in the military. But she didn’t budge an inch.

(2/2) Do you really care about your family members, or do you just like the bragging rights their shiny military status gives you? God, how far up your own ass are you? You’re talking about it like it’s censorship, like it’s a violation of freedom of speech. Trigger warnings aren’t a violation of freedom of speech, and they aren’t the same as censorship. Censorship means preventing people from seeing things. Trigger warnings mean LETTING people AVOID things they DON’T want to see.