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Michael Inzlicht's avatar

Thanks for the love, Paul!

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Alex C.'s avatar

I'm generally opposed to the über-woke initiatives. But, like you, I've changed my mind about trigger warnings. A specific incident caused me to reverse my opinion.

I was reading a non-fiction book where unexpectedly, the author wrote a couple of paragraphs that described (in graphic detail) a few incidents of animal abuse. I found his description to be quite horrifying and couldn't stop thinking about it for some time. Even now, it's upsetting for me to recall the incident, though it happened a couple of years ago. I now wish that the author had written something like, "If animal abuse upsets you, then you might want to skip to the start of the next chapter".

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