SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agoI'm something of a liberal with horrible racist takes myself.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down10
arrow-up1182arrow-down1imageI'm something of a liberal with horrible racist takes myself.i.imgur.comSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squaresilent_water [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·11 months ago I think it’s because the people motivated enough to respond here are always doing so because they were triggered. The normal people aren’t triggered. this way of using the word triggered really undercuts PTSD and it originates from reactionary groups - can we please not replicate it here?
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-211 months agoSure I don’t mind taking that on-board I’ve never really run into anyone criticising it, do you have alternative suggestions that can replace it while adequately describing the same phenomenon?
minus-squaresilent_water [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·11 months agoangry, mad af, bothered, piqued, etc
minus-squarecrate_of_mice@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoProvoked maybe? Baited? I’m not completely sure honestly.
this way of using the word triggered really undercuts PTSD and it originates from reactionary groups - can we please not replicate it here?
Sure I don’t mind taking that on-board I’ve never really run into anyone criticising it, do you have alternative suggestions that can replace it while adequately describing the same phenomenon?
angry, mad af, bothered, piqued, etc
Tilted
I like.
Provoked maybe? Baited? I’m not completely sure honestly.