Do you ever think that society may one day be too sensitive?

Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:"You are too sensitive" in this context usually means "It doesn't bother me, so it shouldn't bother you".
Some people are bothered when someone sits next to them on the Metro. There ARE some people out there that are a little too sensitive.


Be careful about that. Saw a video where a white women started yelling, "Too close!, too close!" when a black man sat next to her on a crowded train. Think she just thought he sat down too close to her but the man thought she was saying it because she was a racist. So he punched her in the face and beat her. Scary.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:The majority of Americans are grossly ignorant of Native American culture. It is shocking to me how many feel that they were killed off and really don't exist anymore.


What? Thought most people know there are reservations.


This has not been my experience. Most people think NAs have basically died off and the only remaining NAs are white people who are 1/18th Cherokee to take advantage of Affirmative Action. Seriously. This is the overwhelming belief on the East Coast.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The majority of Americans are grossly ignorant of Native American culture. It is shocking to me how many feel that they were killed off and really don't exist anymore.


What? Thought most people know there are reservations.


This has not been my experience. Most people think NAs have basically died off and the only remaining NAs are white people who are 1/18th Cherokee to take advantage of Affirmative Action. Seriously. This is the overwhelming belief on the East Coast.


Because white people are visible, NA not so much. They further exploit the people who their ancestors already did a good job at exploiting.
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Anonymous wrote:I think one day we will all be part of one big culture.


a New World Order?


People are moving all over the planet now. We are mingling. There will be very few places where there are totally uninfluenced or separate cultures. I think that is the direction we are going in. Culture is only man-made anyway and nothing sacred about it IMO.




That is where you are wrong. There is something sacred in having a background, an identity. Similar to when people who are not from one place, claim they are from one place, in the name of homogeny. Bullshit. People are different, as they should be. It is supposed to be a good thing. If people are so judgmental that it is not a good thing to be different, that is their problem (and eventually their own demise).

Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think one day we will all be part of one big culture.


a New World Order?


People are moving all over the planet now. We are mingling. There will be very few places where there are totally uninfluenced or separate cultures. I think that is the direction we are going in. Culture is only man-made anyway and nothing sacred about it IMO.




That is where you are wrong. There is something sacred in having a background, an identity. Similar to when people who are not from one place, claim they are from one place, in the name of homogeny. Bullshit. People are different, as they should be. It is supposed to be a good thing. If people are so judgmental that it is not a good thing to be different, that is their problem (and eventually their own demise).



Who does this?
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think one day we will all be part of one big culture.


a New World Order?


People are moving all over the planet now. We are mingling. There will be very few places where there are totally uninfluenced or separate cultures. I think that is the direction we are going in. Culture is only man-made anyway and nothing sacred about it IMO.




That is where you are wrong. There is something sacred in having a background, an identity. Similar to when people who are not from one place, claim they are from one place, in the name of homogeny. Bullshit. People are different, as they should be. It is supposed to be a good thing. If people are so judgmental that it is not a good thing to be different, that is their problem (and eventually their own demise).


Culture is created by people. What is sacred about it? It is an evolving thing -- and thank goodness for that. I would hate to live with some of the societal mores of just a generation or two ago. We are coming together as a people and being influenced by each other, like it or not. Worshiping the past is useless and only means you feel less important than people who no longer exist.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think one day we will all be part of one big culture.


a New World Order?


People are moving all over the planet now. We are mingling. There will be very few places where there are totally uninfluenced or separate cultures. I think that is the direction we are going in. Culture is only man-made anyway and nothing sacred about it IMO.




That is where you are wrong. There is something sacred in having a background, an identity. Similar to when people who are not from one place, claim they are from one place, in the name of homogeny. Bullshit. People are different, as they should be. It is supposed to be a good thing. If people are so judgmental that it is not a good thing to be different, that is their problem (and eventually their own demise).







Culture is created by people. What is sacred about it? It is an evolving thing -- and thank goodness for that. I would hate to live with some of the societal mores of just a generation or two ago. We are coming together as a people and being influenced by each other, like it or not. Worshiping the past is useless and only means you feel less important than people who no longer exist.
Anonymous
I looked at the front of the paper today. I have zero worry that society will become "too sensitive" in the next 1000 years.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:"You are too sensitive" in this context usually means "It doesn't bother me, so it shouldn't bother you".
+1
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think one day we will all be part of one big culture.


a New World Order?


People are moving all over the planet now. We are mingling. There will be very few places where there are totally uninfluenced or separate cultures. I think that is the direction we are going in. Culture is only man-made anyway and nothing sacred about it IMO.




That is where you are wrong. There is something sacred in having a background, an identity. Similar to when people who are not from one place, claim they are from one place, in the name of homogeny. Bullshit. People are different, as they should be. It is supposed to be a good thing. If people are so judgmental that it is not a good thing to be different, that is their problem (and eventually their own demise).







Culture is created by people. What is sacred about it? It is an evolving thing -- and thank goodness for that. I would hate to live with some of the societal mores of just a generation or two ago. We are coming together as a people and being influenced by each other, like it or not. Worshiping the past is useless and only means you feel less important than people who no longer exist.


Who is worshipping the past? Why is it one extreme or the other? Why are you such an alarmist? Afraid of not meeting society's rather crass and ill informed definition of "not fitting in", I see. You need to care much, much less about what others think of you; especially in this very shallow geographical area. You seem like you moved from one shallow area to the next, that would deplete anyone's soul!

Anonymous
We're past that point.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think one day we will all be part of one big culture.


a New World Order?


People are moving all over the planet now. We are mingling. There will be very few places where there are totally uninfluenced or separate cultures. I think that is the direction we are going in. Culture is only man-made anyway and nothing sacred about it IMO.




That is where you are wrong. There is something sacred in having a background, an identity. Similar to when people who are not from one place, claim they are from one place, in the name of homogeny. Bullshit. People are different, as they should be. It is supposed to be a good thing. If people are so judgmental that it is not a good thing to be different, that is their problem (and eventually their own demise).







Culture is created by people. What is sacred about it? It is an evolving thing -- and thank goodness for that. I would hate to live with some of the societal mores of just a generation or two ago. We are coming together as a people and being influenced by each other, like it or not. Worshiping the past is useless and only means you feel less important than people who no longer exist.


Who is worshipping the past? Why is it one extreme or the other? Why are you such an alarmist? Afraid of not meeting society's rather crass and ill informed definition of "not fitting in", I see. You need to care much, much less about what others think of you; especially in this very shallow geographical area. You seem like you moved from one shallow area to the next, that would deplete anyone's soul!



What?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Yes. Thursday, by my reckoning.

I mean, some people really are too sensitive. some of the threads that stick out in my mind were the "my daughter's feelings were hurt because the doctor wrote she was obese on her hospital chart" thread, and the "I categorically think everyone who mentions race as an adjective is a racist" thread. An amazing number of people supported those sentiments.


I'm the OP of that thread and that was very different. The doctors kept pointing out that she was overweight/obese even though she was presenting with a different issue (totally unrelated). Also, at the same time she had lost substantial weight.

Anonymous
It will be like Star Trek, where everyone on a planet shares one big culture.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think one day we will all be part of one big culture.


a New World Order?


People are moving all over the planet now. We are mingling. There will be very few places where there are totally uninfluenced or separate cultures. I think that is the direction we are going in. Culture is only man-made anyway and nothing sacred about it IMO.




That is where you are wrong. There is something sacred in having a background, an identity. Similar to when people who are not from one place, claim they are from one place, in the name of homogeny. Bullshit. People are different, as they should be. It is supposed to be a good thing. If people are so judgmental that it is not a good thing to be different, that is their problem (and eventually their own demise).







Culture is created by people. What is sacred about it? It is an evolving thing -- and thank goodness for that. I would hate to live with some of the societal mores of just a generation or two ago. We are coming together as a people and being influenced by each other, like it or not. Worshiping the past is useless and only means you feel less important than people who no longer exist.


Who is worshipping the past? Why is it one extreme or the other? Why are you such an alarmist? Afraid of not meeting society's rather crass and ill informed definition of "not fitting in", I see. You need to care much, much less about what others think of you; especially in this very shallow geographical area. You seem like you moved from one shallow area to the next, that would deplete anyone's soul!



I grew up here. That may be soul-depleting but it is hardly the point. My culture is American culture, which absorbs cultures from all over the world. The rest of the world is doing this too. Our cultures will be less defined and more alike soon -- and not soon enough IMO.
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