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Why the University of Chicago Opposes ‘Trigger Warnings’

A growing number of colleges around the nation are taking steps to protect their students from ideas and words some find hurtful or upsetting. That protection includes a broad blanket of administrative support for things like safe harbors and bias response teams designed to investigate “micro aggressions” and “micro invalidations.”   
The University of Chicago has taken a different tack.

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