Today’s left was born in the 1960s era of protest when to have toxic emotions and to act on them — regardless of reason or the rights of others — was to be “authentic.”
In Peabody, Massachusetts, all of the elementary schools will soon have “think spaces” to help students calm down if they’re feeling anxious and need to “sort out their emotions.” “Triggering” is a psychological term that used to be applied to stimuli that related to trauma. Today, it can be any idea that someone doesn’t want to confront. When the House passed legislation that protected women from having to compete with biological males in athletic events, Democratic Rep. Mark Takano of California charged that even debating the issue was “traumatizing.” In other words, someone’s hurt feelings are more important than another’s rights.