We have come to expect this from the universities, where there is a revolt against Western civilisation by the very people who should be defending it. Thus, the University of Exeter in the UK has issued a trigger warning to delicate snowflake students who may have their Leftist senses assaulted by ancient Greek classical texts such as Homer's epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey. These texts, to be sure, do contain sexual violence and rape, as seen in later works, such as Shakespeare. The university had advised students doing the course Women in Homer, to seek support if the content causes distress. Be sure that there will be glass-jawed feminists who will take the opportunity to freak-out, all for the purpose of courting distress that can be made into reasons for banning, and cancelling the Greek classics.
The irony is that each night on TV there are probably movies shown at late night, much more graphic than anything of classical literature. Ironically, the mass rape groomings in Britain, have events perhaps more horrific than any wars, with probably more rapes than the past world wars combined. But, nothing from the students about this, and for feminists, all quiet on the British front.
"A university has hit ancient Greek classics with a trigger warning for "distressing" content that could make students feel uncomfortable.
The University of Exeter has received backlash for telling undergraduate students they may "encounter views and content that they may find uncomfortable" in Homer's epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey.
In a move branded as "bonkers," students taking the module Women in Homer were told the material could be "challenging".
Containing references to rape and sexual violence, students were also told they should "feel free to deal with it in ways that help" if the content is "causing distress".
The advice, which has been ridiculed by experts, said affected students could leave the classroom or contact wellbeing.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who read classics at the University of Oxford, said Homer's poems provided the "foundation of Western literature."
He hit out at the university's warnings, saying: "Exeter University should withdraw its absurd warnings. Are they really saying that their students are so wet, so feeble-minded and so generally namby-pamby that they can't enjoy Homer?
"Is the faculty of Exeter University really saying that its students are the most quivering and pathetic in the entire 28 centuries of Homeric studies?"