Lindy West: “The world is not currently a safe or just place, and people you love are almost certainly harbouring secrets that would break your heart.”

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Lindy West: “Trigger warnings don’t hinder freedom of expression: they expand it” (Guardian)

People hate trigger warnings because they bring up something most don’t like to remember: that the world is not currently a safe or just place, and people you love are almost certainly harbouring secrets that would break your heart.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/commentisfree/2015/aug/18/trigger-warnings-dont-hinder-freedom-expression

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