If you believe college students are too sheltered from the real world, then the tweets trickling in Monday afternoon reporting that Hofstra University had issued a trigger warning to advise students about the on-campus presidential debate was just too perfect.
Cameron Gray at NRA News snarked: “If a Presidential debate is too much, college might not be the place for you Or Earth, for that matter.”
If a Presidential debate is too much, college might not be the place for you
Or Earth, for that matter #DebateNight #Debates2016 https://t.co/7SgHj6faPg
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) September 26, 2016
“Boy, tonight’s big presidential debate is shaping up to be a hell of a show. Hope Hofstra University students can handle it,” Sarah D. wrote at the conservative Twitter aggregator Twitchy.
Sign inside Student Center at Hofstra. I guess these are common now on college campuses? #TriggerWarning pic.twitter.com/gfRkKVtToM
— Tony Aiello (@AielloTV) September 26, 2016
Twitchy aggregated a host of tweets condemning the “weak minded” students, chiding them to “grow up,” and it was subsequently reposted on Fox Nation with the additional headline: “Disgrace on Campus.”
The only problem is the trigger warning was not for the debate, but for MTV’s Elect This campaign, which deals in “sexual assault, race issues, and bias,” according to Buzzfeed’s Kyle Blaine
Yes there is a trigger warning in the Hofstra student center. Hofstra put it here for MTV’s @ElectThis campaign. NOT for the debate. pic.twitter.com/9UOghf6h5v
— Kyle Blaine (@kyletblaine) September 26, 2016
The VR art campaign deals with issues that affect young people – sexual assault, race issues, and bias. So Hofstra put a trigger warning.
— Kyle Blaine (@kyletblaine) September 26, 2016
Even after learning the true purpose of the trigger warning, Twitchy’s Sarah D. wrote that it was “still completely pathetic.”
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