For those unclear: trigger warnings should never ban content. They should never remove content. All they are meant to do is inform people of common triggers in the media to come, and these people can remove *themselves* if they choose.
Anyone suggesting that trigger warnings be interchangeable with a ban on or removal of content is not speaking for the traumatized community at large and is not a positive advocate for disability issues.
As a person with triggers, it is critical to understand that no one owes me a padded version of the world. It allows me to function much better if I am given the opportunity to remove myself from situations that may be triggering to me. That is all a trigger warning should be.
I often see people trying to weaponize trigger warnings into censorship, particularly censorship of marginalized (and by that virtue, traumatized) perspectives.
Assistance with living in an unsafe world is kindness. Demanding a safe world be made to your standards is oppressive.
Assistance with living in an unsafe world is kindness. Demanding a safe world be made to your standards is oppressive.
Content or trigger warnings allow people to consent to the media they are consuming. They are not, and were never intended to police or remove content.
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