Triggered

[shemthepenman]

If they're assigned for class, any good teacher is going to address the themes in context and be mindful of possible triggers without the need for warnings -- but in the scheme of things, these trigger warnings fall into the category of laziness, like any label, and not really censorship.  They're not saying "don't read them" but they are giving kids a bit of a copout if they don't feel like doing their homework.

"Sorry miss, I couldn't read past the first page because I get PTSD flashbacks whenever there's a talking pig."

that's true about the homework thing, i didn't think of that. but, again, kids have always had ways to fuck with the system. i remember when i was at school and we found out that one of the kids in class couldn't see blue on white, so couldn't see what was written on the board. the number of kids after this revelation that claimed their homework hadn't been completed because they could see the written instructions was laughable. the point is common sense prevailed. take the whole child population of a school, and you will get less than a handful of children that are genuinely, clinically, troubled by lenny squishing a mouse, and of course, we don't want to be like "fuck you, don't be so sensitive" in those cases; i think it is just a working out of a balance that each generation goes through. political correctness was the same back in the day. it got it wrong, on occasions, but ultimately benefited society.