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Do you know a lot of people who suffer from PTSD? Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 19/10/2017 05:26:06 AM

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What you're saying here is rather like making fun of a combat vet because he asked you not to set off fireworks near his house. People who have been raped can have intensely traumatic reactions to suddenly encountering that sort of situation, even in text. Yes, they feel hurt and/or threatened by it. I understand that you think safe spaces and the like are ridiculous, but I don't think acknowledging that a victim can continue to suffer after being raped is particularly extreme. And I'm a little disappointed that you treat that sort of trauma so cavalierly by acting as though it's a small and silly thing that people should brush off.

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/me steals your WSE points. *NM* - 17/10/2017 12:48:08 PM 522 Views
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Old dude, you make a good point, too. - 17/10/2017 02:01:29 AM 836 Views
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but less than 1900 vs 1920 - 18/10/2017 02:27:59 PM 787 Views
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I shall endeavor to combine Tom'n'Mookie's theories into one grand theory of... - 17/10/2017 02:15:48 AM 853 Views
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I appreciate your amendment. - 17/10/2017 03:14:19 AM 1129 Views
no it is just hard to see the problem from the inside - 17/10/2017 11:51:08 AM 850 Views
Re: no it is just hard to see the problem from the inside - uh, yes. - 17/10/2017 01:44:26 PM 929 Views
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Thanks. - 17/10/2017 01:00:42 PM 777 Views
I disagree with relation to trigger warnings. - 17/10/2017 11:17:45 PM 833 Views
A fair point. - Still, how far will you extend them? - 18/10/2017 12:47:50 AM 805 Views
I don't know, but I'm not entirely sure it's a big deal either way. - 18/10/2017 02:56:09 AM 760 Views
Nods - 18/10/2017 03:17:17 AM 782 Views
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Re: And I would posit that no work of literature should have any trigger warnings. - 18/10/2017 08:48:01 PM 841 Views
How would you propose such warnings be worded? - 18/10/2017 09:21:02 PM 818 Views
Do you know a lot of people who suffer from PTSD? - 19/10/2017 05:26:06 AM 1004 Views
Stop. Now. - 19/10/2017 06:21:13 AM 768 Views
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You would ruin the literature though. And discussions around the literature. - 19/10/2017 01:21:20 PM 841 Views
That's reasonable. - 19/10/2017 11:58:56 PM 812 Views
Well argument settled becuase they already exist - 23/10/2017 01:46:55 PM 743 Views
Fuck you Tom - 19/10/2017 07:06:47 AM 936 Views
Oh come on... - 19/10/2017 05:12:46 PM 824 Views
Oh please - 19/10/2017 02:10:11 PM 895 Views
Re: Oh please - 20/10/2017 12:01:02 AM 829 Views
I'm just gonna put this out there... - 20/10/2017 07:24:55 PM 810 Views
Eh, I don't think that's accurate. - 21/10/2017 07:04:58 AM 744 Views
An unnecessary tool.... - 23/10/2017 05:14:06 PM 754 Views
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I would challenge that statment.... - 24/10/2017 05:14:17 PM 951 Views
Do you actually believe those examples are valid? *NM* - 23/10/2017 07:32:59 PM 457 Views
Agreed. - 19/10/2017 06:16:33 AM 911 Views
Interesting article. - 17/10/2017 07:41:34 PM 825 Views
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Maybe the victimhood thing is another kind of honor - 17/10/2017 01:02:43 PM 856 Views
Because it's easier to absolve oneself of power sometimes. For those people anyway. - 17/10/2017 01:10:41 PM 803 Views
I apologize before hand - 18/10/2017 01:11:59 AM 792 Views
I haven't read all the comments, so I apologize if I'm doubling up - 17/10/2017 01:06:00 PM 1016 Views
Oh those echo chambers. - 17/10/2017 01:16:40 PM 904 Views
I hate blaming things - 17/10/2017 02:04:44 PM 979 Views
I'm not even sure "echo chamber" is the right phrase - 17/10/2017 02:17:07 PM 920 Views
I'm not sure that is the most common choice. - 17/10/2017 05:21:52 PM 1004 Views
I get irritated too. But I still keep them in my news feed as well. - 17/10/2017 08:49:45 PM 791 Views
Je ne regrette rien. My memes are both spicy and piquant. *NM* - 17/10/2017 11:20:55 PM 446 Views
I'm of Russian extraction. I like my food bland. Garlic, dill, salt, pepper. It's enough for me. - 18/10/2017 12:52:27 AM 774 Views
You know, I'd not thought about that. - 18/10/2017 03:07:05 AM 823 Views
I find him intriguing as a Captain. - 18/10/2017 01:09:07 PM 803 Views
So now we are at episode 6 - 24/10/2017 12:31:06 PM 708 Views
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But are your Memes brothy and fully of Umami? - 18/10/2017 01:17:07 AM 728 Views
Umami is an irritating word *NM* - 18/10/2017 04:59:21 PM 418 Views
Yes, ohdaddy is a much better word. *NM* - 18/10/2017 05:15:48 PM 526 Views
*NM* - 18/10/2017 05:39:12 PM 458 Views
*NM* - 18/10/2017 06:27:31 PM 444 Views
I do think some of this is specifically American and to a lesser extent the rest of the Anglosphere. - 17/10/2017 06:26:33 PM 850 Views
Agreed with all your points. - 17/10/2017 08:53:23 PM 851 Views
The Netherlands, I'm not so sure about. - 17/10/2017 11:43:54 PM 818 Views
My apologies. I see Dutch and don't think of Belgium. - 18/10/2017 12:56:26 AM 825 Views
That's alright. This is a confusing country in many ways. - 18/10/2017 08:58:15 PM 800 Views
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Yes, in some ways it does. *NM* - 19/10/2017 05:38:41 PM 485 Views
Simple, true fredom is includes the freedom to fail - 20/10/2017 05:43:13 PM 857 Views
Re: Simple, true fredom is/includes the freedom to fail *NM* - 20/10/2017 05:45:51 PM 526 Views
Yes it is the freedom to fail - 20/10/2017 06:36:02 PM 872 Views
This entire thread was so awesome.... - 20/10/2017 07:12:46 PM 880 Views
Jeo I think you in particular will appreciate this - 20/10/2017 09:07:39 PM 815 Views
Interesting.....wisdom from on high.... - 20/10/2017 09:58:36 PM 719 Views
damn it *NM* - 20/10/2017 09:07:39 PM 424 Views
I think a lot of us are thinking about trigger warnings differently. - 21/10/2017 07:07:01 AM 809 Views
Maybe, maybe not... - 23/10/2017 05:18:16 PM 721 Views
Glad you enjoyed it and that it provoked thought. - 23/10/2017 02:32:57 PM 797 Views
I see this as... - 23/10/2017 05:23:54 PM 776 Views
I kind of break them down into two types - 22/10/2017 03:25:04 AM 855 Views
I wonder how much the fall of communism has to do with this? - 24/10/2017 10:20:16 PM 817 Views
Definitely more than a bit. - 25/10/2017 12:51:55 PM 747 Views

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