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Fuck that article! by Mischief Maker 08/12/2015, 8:12pm PDT
This article is a perfect example of a conclusion in search of evidence.

We do not mean to imply simple causation, but rates of mental illness in young adults have been rising, both on campus and off, in recent decades.


Then he proceeds to go on the rest of the article describing a psychological disorder, following with a selection of out-of-context stories, then implying causation. Repeat ad nauseum.

Now he COULD have written an article about two interesting points he quickly glossed over:

1. Millennials growing up in an internet culture have started to assert internet values on the real world. Specifically the values of block lists, unfriending, and forum admins turning into tinpot dictators and banning people who disagree with them on trumped up charges of "trolling."

2. In 2013 the department of education broadened the definition of sexual harassment from "objectively offensive" to "unwelcome" which has resulted in some wacky interpretations by college administrators trying to put the vague new standard into effect.

But neither of these topics quite have the sensationalist sizzle of "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IZ MAKING UR KIDZ KEEEERAZY!!!" so the author stretched the truth to meet his own agenda.

Anyhoo, if you're going to talk about mental illness and Millennials, there's a much bigger and more significant thing affecting that generation's mental health that the article curiously failed to mention: Ritalin.
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Give me your arguments against trigger warnings by Dobson 08/12/2015, 7:21am PDT NEW
    Okay. by Mischief Maker 08/12/2015, 7:37am PDT NEW
        Serious replies only. NT by Bradley Svedka. 08/12/2015, 9:44am PDT NEW
            Fine. by Mischief Maker 08/12/2015, 4:52pm PDT NEW
                On exclusion from the airwaves by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 09/13/2015, 4:17am PDT NEW
    Well isn't this just topical. Did this article come up, because it's popular th by Rafiki 08/12/2015, 9:45am PDT NEW
        Fuck that article! by Mischief Maker 08/12/2015, 8:12pm PDT NEW
            Re: Fuck that article! by pay? MEXICO 08/12/2015, 11:14pm PDT NEW
                Re: Fuck that article! by pay? MEXICO 08/12/2015, 11:17pm PDT NEW
                Re: Fuck that article! by An employer 08/13/2015, 8:14am PDT NEW
                    ppl don't want to 'work up' bc they don't expect permanent employment by pay? MEXICO 08/13/2015, 10:56am PDT NEW
    How subjective does this get? by Worm 08/12/2015, 11:12am PDT NEW
        What Johnny 5 needs is an anchor for his huevos NT by Los Locos 08/12/2015, 2:53pm PDT NEW
    Genocide survivors have been able to discuss their ordeal without them forever NT by QED 08/12/2015, 12:01pm PDT NEW
    Re: Give me your arguments against trigger warnings by Roop 08/12/2015, 3:12pm PDT NEW
        Am I crazy, or did they both just endorse trigger warnings, albeit without the by ridiculous robot klaxon descriptor? 08/12/2015, 4:02pm PDT NEW
    Re: Give me your arguments against trigger warnings by pay? MEXICO 08/12/2015, 11:48pm PDT NEW
    Trigger warnings are spoiler alerts for reality. They normalize victimization. by serial malcontent 08/13/2015, 10:03pm PDT NEW
        Sure, plenty of them are dead in a ditch but ... NT by best way to start a paragraph. 08/14/2015, 8:03am PDT NEW
            yeah that was a poor choice. sjws get hyperbolic about the costs of trauma. gues NT by I wanted to speak to those costs 08/14/2015, 9:49am PDT NEW
        Oh nooo, A Serbian Film NT by kitsch warning 08/14/2015, 1:45pm PDT NEW
            I would be okay with kitsch warnings NT by serial malcontent 08/14/2015, 4:45pm PDT NEW
    Re: Give me your arguments against trigger warnings by Putin 08/15/2015, 1:40pm PDT NEW
    Ideology based on "civil rights" (lol) justifies censorship with trigger warning by kate leth 08/16/2015, 7:11am PDT NEW
    The big question: What requires a warning? by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 09/13/2015, 9:30am PDT NEW
        Do you know what I was thinking as I read all that? by Maryland Freedman 09/13/2015, 10:09am PDT NEW
        TDarcos requires a warning. NT by A little girl. 09/13/2015, 3:55pm PDT NEW
        Why don't you have a seat right over there. by Chris Hansen 09/14/2015, 12:33am PDT NEW
    Re: Give me your arguments against trigger warnings by kate leth 09/22/2015, 7:33am PDT NEW
        Is that James Urbaniak? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 09/22/2015, 11:13am PDT NEW
 
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