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Teacher Loses Job Due to Lack of “Trigger Warnings” in Comics Course (bleedingcool.com)
6 points by jseliger on Oct 6, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



> This mentor, this artist , this friend– this TEACHER- lost their job because the school must investigate every “charge” of trigger-warning and offense [sic], and immediate suspension results while it’s being “reviewed”

Which tells us little. What caused the transition from suspension to losing the job? What was the policy? That is, was it subsumed as part of a sexual harassment policy, or was it singling out trigger warnings?

What kind of school was it - elementary? college? I looked, but found no evidence of a college which requires trigger warnings, other than a short-lived policy at Oberlin.

Finally, note that the original title ends in a "?", while the HN title does not, making the HN title sound more definite than given in the original. Plus, the source material says:

> More info soon, information gathering is ongoing, and the CBLDF is investigating. I don't mean to be coy with the particulars of who or what because, Facts.

> However I won't let that dissuade me from using this space as a forum to go ballistic about this anti-vaxxer analogue aimed at creators.

In other words, there aren't any definite facts, and this link is mostly a second-hand forwarding of someone's rant, along with a 'stay tuned.'


There is absolutely zero information in this article. It is some unnamed teacher got fired for SOMETHING from SOMEWHERE and then a long rant about political correctness, trigger warnings, and so on.

To be honest the teacher could be fictional for all we're told here. Nothing even worth discussing unless people just want to use it to rant about political correctness "gone mad" or similar.

I'm actually going to flag this for being of such low quality (and I rarely flag anything).


The article presents some good information about how out of control "trigger warnings" have become. And it's interesting that there is discrimination in the things that people are supposed to give "trigger warnings" for. To make things equal here are some more "trigger warnings" that should be implemented in society: -Before stepping into a cafeteria: Trigger warning to vegetarians: There is meat sold here and it might bother you. -On bridges and high places: Trigger warning: Heights present, be careful if you have a fear of heights. -Children's playground: Trigger warning: If you've had a miscarriage or have trouble conceiving this might make you sad.




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