https://aeon.co/essays/why-a-moratorium-on-microaggressions-policies-is-needed
"I am hardly the first to raise questions regarding this (microaggressions) body of research. Over the past few years in particular, the microaggression concept has been the target of withering attacks from social critics, especially – although not exclusively – on the right side of the political spectrum. These writers have raised legitimate concerns that concepts such as microaggression and trigger warnings (warnings to people regarding distressing material to come) along with so-called protective safe spaces can at times discourage controversial or unpopular speech, and inadvertently perpetuate a victim culture among aggrieved individuals."
When in doubt, proceed as if the counter transference is subjective in origin.