Because we are talking about a court case, and when I came over to this thread I carried that context over. MrDibble used the word “trauma” in the linked topic and, as I wrote, I assume he meant it in a strict legal sense then and here, otherwise the word had no relevance to the point he was countering.
For those who weren’t still following the other thread, I tried to make that clear here and here
At first I suspected MrDibble might have used it in the colloquial sense but he clarified, no, a reasonable person should expect your average Black person to suffer trauma as in a panic attack at the mere sight of KKK imagery, and the Delegate should win the lawsuit on these grounds.
That’s what I was responding to when I wrote,
~Max