The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt

Author:Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

OVERREACTION CASES

We define overreaction cases exactly as the name suggests: they are disproportionate responses to perceived offenses. Almost all overreaction cases model the mental habit of catastrophizing, and communicate that disaster would result without the intervention of the administration.28 Here are two examples:

Bergen Community College (New Jersey, 2014): An art professor was placed on leave without pay and sent to psychological counseling for a social media post. The post showed a photograph of his young daughter wearing a T-shirt that depicted a dragon and the words I WILL TAKE WHAT IS MINE WITH FIRE & BLOOD, which the school claimed was “threatening.” The professor explained that the shirt referenced the popular TV series Game of Thrones, but an administrator insisted that “fire” could refer to an AK-47.29

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