Triggered

[shemthepenman]

how on earth do they know a book will if a book will be emotionally unpleasant for them unless they've read it  
parents need to parent, libraries need to lend book. not only are bad books allowed online; so is porn death rape and violence.

there's censorship and there's stupidity, this one falls in the 2nd category. if they can be in a library, most kids should be allowed to read them.

Here they are pulling books off the shelves of libraries when they are available online. And these are college students, supposed adults, who want to be warned if they are going to experience an unpleasant emotion. What ever happened to developing empathy and an understanding the human condition?

well, if a child has been sexually abused, i think it is safe to say that a book dealing with rape may be, rightly, determined as potentially emotionally unpleasant for the child. hence a warning could be of benefit, at least, temporarily. that is, it doesn't hurt none. and we can all get on our philosophical high horses and be all "children shouldn't be wrapped in cotton wool" etc. but not wrapping children in cotton wool is different from actively throwing them to the wolves. this isn't sparta, we're not rearing warlords, here.
and "parents need to parent" is of little value in a world whereby children are subjected to all sorts of shitty parenting. "aha, this child, raped by their mother and father. . . nope, i refuse to make concessions, by virtue of my artistic sensibilities, and forewarn her that this book may inspire unpleasant memories; i'll just assume the principle 'parents should parent' will do the trick, safe in the knowledge my ideal is valid." now, if thinking something 'should' be the case is charity done, and removes all responsibility for actively doing something beneficial, then consider me a fucking saint. i never do anything good, but i always think that i should.
and, in short, it comes down to what is the difference? the benefits against the detriments. putting a 'trigger warning' on a book, at the very worst, will deter a kid from reading something. fuck em. we don't want those little cunts reading them anyway.