Exactly, I'm more right wing and I think trigger warnings are ridiculous. Wait until you get out into the real world and no one cares whether you're offended or not!
What is the real world? Are you speaking from experience in it?
Trigger warnings... I'm a big on being understanding re: mental health and personally, I don't understand them and can't empathise because there's nothing for me to be triggered by. That being said, isn't complaining about it and getting offended by their presence just, stupid?
If, as a lecturer, I hVe to say "btw all, discussing abortion in this lecture, so TW"... even if it is the case that there's no evidence to their benefit... who cares? No one is worse off. Not one single person is worse off for that 5 seconds, but potentially, there is a person or a small collection of people who could be fantastically better off.
Doesn't seem like a political thing to me, just seems sort of basic like, who really gives a fuck if people are warned about triggers? If you're more upset by that than by the potential for people suffering from PTSD to have an episode, or people to otherwise feel severe discomfort that might have been lessened, then I question whether your motivation for arguing against them is coming from a rational place, or coming from a place of baseless grumpiness for the sake of it.
Edit: screening for swearing is absolute trash and disgusting puritanical bs