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Cambridge University slammed over Shakespeare 'trigger warnings'
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Posted on 10/19/2017 11:16:07 AM PDT by pabianice

Cambridge University is being slammed by several academics after it was revealed students were given “trigger warnings” about an upcoming lecture on Shakespeare, amid concerns from faculty the students could become distressed.

Undergraduates were advised in a “Notes on Lectures” document circulated to students that a potentially triggering lecture on Shakespeare’s "Titus Andronicus" and "The Comedy of Errors" would include “discussions of sexual violence” and “sexual assault,” The Telegraph reported Wednesday.

“If a student of English Literature doesn’t know that 'Titus Andronicus' contains scenes of violence they shouldn’t be on the course,” David Crilly, artistic director at The Cambridge Shakespeare Festival, told the newspaper. “This degree of sensitivity will inevitably curtail academic freedom. If the academic staff are concerned they might say something students find uncomfortable they will avoid doing it.”

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1 posted on 10/19/2017 11:16:07 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

So Shakespeare causes pussy-face snowflakes to melt into a pool of formless slush, but Brits are thrown in jail for complaining about the m*slims who just came into their country and raped the women?

The prolific author, playwrite and poet is a major part of their culture and heritage. They are rejecting their culture. They hate themselves.

The UK has about 4.1 years left.


2 posted on 10/19/2017 11:20:17 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: pabianice
Remember when they rewrote Red Riding Hood because of the "violence"?
3 posted on 10/19/2017 11:21:08 AM PDT by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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To: pabianice

Don’t they ever get embarrassed? Is there no shame in these college students that would cause them to offended at the insult that they are too fragile and immature to be exposed to historical works of literature/theater? Do they even have a sense of honor or pride?

I would like to deport these Alien Snowflakes. They should have their citizenship taken away and sent to France.


4 posted on 10/19/2017 11:21:22 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)
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To: I want the USA back

The crowning of Charles the Stupid will likely be end.

By then muslims should be able to run him out.

If we’re not subjugated by that time, I’d think we’d have to give asylum to the rest of the “royals”.


5 posted on 10/19/2017 11:28:47 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: pabianice

I was always triggered by Lysistrata myself. :-)


6 posted on 10/19/2017 12:47:31 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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Note: this topic is from 10/19/2017. Thanks pabianice.

7 posted on 09/26/2020 11:05:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: cgbg

“I was always triggered by Lysistrata myself. :-)”

Oh, Hell yes. What could be more violent than women withholding sex?

Excuse me, I must find some public place to weep.


8 posted on 09/26/2020 11:39:11 PM PDT by dsc (Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men.)
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