Unpopular opinion: PC policing is going WAY TOO far.

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44. I don't see this as political correctness

I don't really like the term even, but as I understand it, it's about making the world a kinder place for others - those who are dealing with oppression.

What I see on college campuses too much is people trying to create a comfortable bubble for themselves to live in. It seems to be more about people working for their own comfort than to be kind to other people. I've said it about other issues and I'll say it here as well: Discomfort is not a problem. Discomfort leads to growth.

For instance, I don't mind trigger alerts but they don't mean that people assigned to read a book in class should be able to avoid the book if it triggers them. The trigger alert can help them emotionally prepare for whatever issue is in the book that they might find triggering, and then they can still read the book and do their assignment. There's a kindness in a teacher warning victims of sexual assault that there is sexual assault in a book and they might want to be prepared for that. But it is self-insulating to refuse to do an assignment if a book you're assigned to read talks about something you find triggering.