Fantastic editorial on "microaggressions" (1 Viewer)

[RedmondLonghorn]

‘Microaggressions’ And ‘Trigger Warnings,’ Meet Real Trauma

TL;DR excerpt

F*** your trauma.

Yes, f*** your trauma. My sympathy for your suffering, whether that suffering was real or imaginary, ended when you demanded I change my life to avoid bringing up your bad memories. You don’t seem to have figured this out, but there is no “I must never be reminded of a negative experience” expectation in any culture anywhere on earth.

If your psyche is so fragile you fall apart when someone inadvertently reminds you of “trauma,” especially if that trauma consisted of you overreacting to a self-interpreted racial slur, you need therapy. You belong on a psychiatrist’s couch, not in college dictating what the rest of society can’t do, say, or think. Get your own head right before you try to run other people’s lives. If you expect everyone around you to cater to your neurosis, forever, you’re what I’d call a “failure at life,” doomed to perpetual disappointment.
Oh, I should add: f** my trauma, too. I must be old-fashioned, but I always thought coming to terms with pain was part of growing up. I’ve never expected anyone to not knock on my door because it reminds me of that terrifying morning decades ago. I’ve never blown up at anyone for startling me with a camera flash (I’ve never even mentioned it to anyone who did). I’ve never expected anyone to not talk about Iraq or Afghanistan around me, even though some memories still hurt. I don’t need trigger warnings because a book might remind me of a murder victim I’ve seen.

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So again, f*** your trauma. If your past bothers you that much, get help. I honestly hope you come to terms with it. I hope you manage to move forward. I won’t say anything meant to dredge up bad memories, and don’t think anyone should intentionally try to harm your feelings.

But nobody, nobody, should censor themselves to protect you from your pathological, and pathologically stupid, sensitivities.

TL;DR Harden the #### up, people

 

[Parrothead]

I like it

 

[Chaos Commish]

Reading that really upset me.

 

[Parrothead]

Redmond your avatar brings back traumatic memories for me.. please delete

 

[msommer]

Offshoot of Beating up the Bully thread?

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Let me add that I am not familiar with that website and a quick browsing of it tells me that there are a lot of editorials and viewpoints on it that I disagree with strenuously.

But somebody forwarded me a link to this editorial and I thought it was on point.

 

[snitwitch]

Reading that really upset me.

I need to find my safe space immediately

 

[Ditka Butkus]

Maybe you can post this in the Looting in Missouri thread.

 

[jonessed]

I see this used mostly with young adults in a university atmosphere. It's a term that screams sheltered life with little experience.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Send this over to the We Hate Obamacare thread, stat!

 

[SacramentoBob]

I agree with the premise that he can #### his own trauma. However how one person deals with it isn't necessarily a model for how everyone should deal with it, IE his great uncle.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

I agree with the premise that he can #### his own trauma. However how one person deals with it isn't necessarily a model for how everyone should deal with it, IE his great uncle.

And he acknowledged that directly.

If your past bothers you that much, get help. I honestly hope you come to terms with it. I hope you manage to move forward. I won’t say anything meant to dredge up bad memories, and don’t think anyone should intentionally try to harm your feelings.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Maybe you can post this in the Looting in Missouri thread.

Capella's Hot Takes thread imo.