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by causality0 662 days ago
While in the mainstream trigger warnings are hated by the righties and content warnings are hated by the lefties, once you get away from the culture war everybody loves content categorization. For example, before you read any piece of fanfiction you're greeted with a long list of tags describing it's content, particularly the content some readers might find distressing. It's a tool for readers, not a government conspiracy.