The message and tone of the “trigger warning” suggests a sad lack of faith in the power of art, and, by extension, humanity. We’re capable of better, writes Padraig Reidy
Trigger warnings: A sad lack of faith in the power of art
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Padraig Reidy
Padraig Reidy
Padraig Reidy is the editor of Little Atoms and a columnist for Index on Censorship. He has also written for The Observer, The Guardian, and The Irish Times.
Padraig Reidy: Why does everyone want to be censored?
There is absolutely no one engaged in modern public life at any level at all who has not complained that they’ve been silenced, denied a platform, bullied into submission by a cruel cabal of agents of reaction or “the liberal agenda”, take your pick.
From Eurovision to ice hockey — how do we engage with dubious regimes?
Autocrats try to use international competitions to control the world’s view of them. We should beat them at their own games, writes Padraig Reidy
Azerbaijan — Atlético Madrid’s authoritarian friends
We should enjoy the football and praise the players, but we owe it to brave Azerbaijanis to ask some tough questions about Atlético’s relationship with Ilham Aliyev’s repressive regime, Padraig Reidy writes
Bad history and bad politics
Padraig Reidy on why we must combat taboos about discussing events of the past
Twitter as a game has real-life consequences
The description of Twitter as a game has one problem: Twitter can have real-life consequences, Padraig Reidy writes
Cambridge University Press is afraid of the Russians
A recent study of Vladimir Putin’s gangster tendencies has been suppressed: not by the Kremlin, but by a UK academic publisher living in fear of England’s libel laws, writes Padraig Reidy
Declinism and moral panic in Britain
Padraig Reidy argues that there is a downside to the justified urge to uphold the immaculate status of the child; it comes in the form of the ever-returning moral panic.
Report: Six indicted for assassination attempt on award-winning Greek journalist
Six people, including a member of Greece's Secret Services, have been indicted for an alleged assassination attempt on HotDoc editor Kostas...
US court orders Google to remove Innocence of Muslims film from YouTube
New twist in tale of controversial film, writes Padraig Reidy
London day of action for Al Jazeera staff on trial in Egypt
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Is Katy Perry in the Illuminati? Or is she just not that into you?
Sometimes it’s more comforting to believe the conspiracy theory than face the fact that the world keeps turning whether you’re on it or not, says Padraig Reidy