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Admitting that I've no sense of the article's accuracy, completeness, etc... My reaction is that the law school should be quietly shut down. If their students can't (or aren't expected to) handle bad language in a "redacted, on paper, in the classroom" context - how in the world could they cope in real-world legal practice, where actual people might use such language in their presence - without redaction, and with emotionally charged tones and/or body language - with large sums and/or people's lives at stake?

Next up, we'll have "surgeons" who can't cope with the sight of blood, and "plumbers" who can't stomach the smell of sewage.

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I don't think these folks are genuinely traumatized. I sense they are actually on a power-trip. They've realized that they can use sensitivity as a weapon for a righteous cause. The more emotional they act, the more they get what they want.

I'd figure they include both PTSD sufferers and power-trippers...but at this point most are just following the latest social trends. HOWEVER - that's a rabbit hole which there is no upside to going down.

There are plenty of applicants to law schools - just ask 'em on the application, and don't accept the ones who claim they're sensitive. Same way that claiming to be a paraplegic should disqualify wanna-be lifeguards, claiming fear of heights should keep you out of flying lessons, etc.