WikiLeaks Targets “Trigger Warnings” And “Safe Spaces”

The whistleblowing non-profit WikiLeaks has a new target. It isn’t a corrupt government or an incompetent military, but “trigger warnings,” “safe spaces” and “microaggressions.” WikiLeaks argued on its official Twitter account that the rising popularity of these terms is thanks to what it calls “generation trauma”—and that it’s harming free speech.

On Sunday, the organization’s official twitter account sent a message reading, “Generation trauma: The rise of ‘trigger warnings’, ‘microaggressions’ & ‘safe spaces’.” Attached was a Google trends graph showing that searches for those terms in the United States have gone up, with interest in “trigger warnings” rising especially sharply. For the full article click here 

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