Bill Maher rails against trigger warnings in colleges, entertainment: 'How weak my country has become'
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HBO host Bill Maher blasts society's embrace of trigger warnings, blaming college campuses for bringing their over-sensitivities to the rest of the country.
"A trigger warning is a kind of ‘Close your eyes, here comes an ouchy’ that like so many bad ideas in recent years got started on college campuses," Maher said. "Students started demanding them so they could get ready in case something a book, or a piece of art, or a history lesson reminded them that life included bad things and not just good and sometimes people were mean. You can't have that just sprung on ya!" Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
He then mocked universities for compiling lists of words and phrases that should be banned or retired including "you guys," "white paper," "peanut gallery," "insane" and "virgin."