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Contrary to the tradition of free inquiry, many college students now demand the suppression of ideas they find offensive. As if to raise the stakes by transforming the issues in play into medical ones, many also claim that such ideas traumatize them. Implying as it does that offensive material doesn’t just insult decency or pollute the public realm but wounds the very psyche of those exposed to it, the term “trauma” as deployed by the critics of free inquiry has indeed taken the argument to a new level. What are we to make of the contention that students are so vulnerable that the syllabus of a lit course should carry a “trigger warning” to the effect that their psyches might suffer damage merely as a result of the reading?

https://quillette.com/2018/11/02/trigger-warnings-and-mass-psychogenic-illness/

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If they are so keen on removing it, then perhaps and myself should go take it off their hands and put it somewhere, where it will be appreciated.

not kidding

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hell yes. we will put it in front yard of my trailer next to my old refrigerater and pile of junk tires.

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atleast there, itll be safe. One of the greatest minds in military history, deserves more respect than that..

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we really should try and get us some of the statues. i had heard was a statue or some shit in bentonville getting torn down n thats bullshit