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Form Letter for Requesting Trigger Warnings

FORM LETTER FOR REQUESTING TRIGGER WARNINGS

Dear [Current American President],

Considering that more and more American universities are respecting students’ requests to be warned before encountering a disturbing passage in course readings (“disturbing passage” being defined as anything eliciting a strong emotional response), on behalf of my village I hereby request we be warned before drone strikes so that those of us cooking or farming or working in hospitals or telling our children stories in the hopes that they’ll finally fall asleep will have time to seek shelter.

The more warning, the better.

Sincerely,

[Citizen of Whatever Country America Is Currently Bombing]
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