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.
"Virgin? We can't say virgin? As opposed to what, person experiencing not getting laid?" Maher quipped."You would think that one would take the cake for their oversensitivity, but the students at Brandeis said, ‘Hold my baby bottle.’ They made a list of expressions they don't want to hear it because they remind them of violence — terms like ‘killing it,’ ‘beating a dead horse’ and yes, even ‘trigger warning.’ I guess they don't teach irony in college anymore.
The HBO star complained how trigger warnings are"everywhere" between social media and in entertainment, mocking how they were added to films like"Dumbo" andHe pointed to one staged performance in Minneapolis where theater patrons were warned for"haze," telling his audience"in case you've been groped by a thick fog.
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