Why are people so judgy and easily offended now?

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Anonymous wrote:Not everyone I meet is like this but maybe 1 out of 3. Usually they’re on the younger side, under 40. Both online and offline. They twist your words to mean something completely different.

Example, using the word “female” to describe a woman which I occasionally do, and have heard countless other women use it in the exact same context. I sometimes get called out for it by these easy to offend types.

Another person got offended when I said I have a wife, key word *have*, implying that I somehow meant that my wife was my literal property simply because I used a possessive verb.

In another example, I was giving advice to a younger family member who is having financial troubles and is starting out in the art field, I mentioned that art is known to not pay too well in general, they told me this comment was offensive as if I was diminishing the importance of the art profession.

Calling out people for using “females” seems kinda racist (on the part of the offended person).

Thats true. Most rappers / R&B artists use the word females.

Was just listening to the radio-safe version of Lil Jon’s “Get Low,” last night in the car with the kids on the way home from the game.

He does use “females” in the chorus (and, what exactly is wrong with that?!?)

“To the window (to the window)
To the wall (to the wall)
Till the sweat drop down my balls (my balls)
Till all these females crawl (crawl) “

They use the word "females" in the same vein as "b--tches and h--s". It's MEANT to be demeaning.
Incels use the word "females" too. It's not a race thing. It's a misogyny thing. And rappers tend to have misogynistic lyrics.

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Anonymous wrote:People are very sensitive to word choices and what they mean/imply. If you are describing a woman - say "woman," if you "have a wife" say you are "married" or have a "partner."

Yes, but why are things different now? What caused the shift? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? I feel like in 10-20 years the language that 25 year olds feel is acceptable now will be considered offensive in some other way.

It's always been weird to refer to women as "females", especially when people never refer to men as "males" or say something like "men and females" in a sentence. I remember people being irked by this in the 90s.

But people do refer to men as males. I think of myself as a female. When the context is appropriate, my first thought is to say female.

Is your first language not English?
You can't think of yourself "as a female". It makes no sense. Female is descriptive. You can think of yourself as a "female person", or as a "woman".

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Anonymous wrote:People are hung up on the "grammar" of using female for a woman, but probably are perfectly fine using "they" for singular.

Best post on this thread. Thank you!

The Oxford English Dictionary traces singular they back to 1375

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Anonymous wrote:because they are liberals who want to be offended any way they can. And criticize while they are at it!

And the product boycotts of Bud Light, Carhartt, Target, Yeti coolers, etc. for being insufficiently hostile to gay people were.. ?

What does Bud Light have to do with gay people?

We’re in a coma for the past 6 months?

Not at all. The mess over Bud Light didn't involve gay people.

What do you think it was about?

It was about a trans activist they used in marketing campaign and all the usual gender crap that's all the rage lately. Not sure why you think this was about gay people.

Who boycotted Bud light?

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Anonymous wrote:People are very sensitive to word choices and what they mean/imply. If you are describing a woman - say "woman," if you "have a wife" say you are "married" or have a "partner."

Yes, but why are things different now? What caused the shift? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? I feel like in 10-20 years the language that 25 year olds feel is acceptable now will be considered offensive in some other way.

Things are different now because the patriarchy is a joke and no one wants to be married to a mediocre white man and have ugly children. I said what I said.

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Anonymous wrote:People are very sensitive to word choices and what they mean/imply. If you are describing a woman - say "woman," if you "have a wife" say you are "married" or have a "partner."

Yes, but why are things different now? What caused the shift? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? I feel like in 10-20 years the language that 25 year olds feel is acceptable now will be considered offensive in some other way.

Things are different now because the patriarchy is a joke and no one wants to be married to a mediocre white man and have ugly children. I said what I said.

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Anonymous wrote:People are very sensitive to word choices and what they mean/imply. If you are describing a woman - say "woman," if you "have a wife" say you are "married" or have a "partner."

Yes, but why are things different now? What caused the shift? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? I feel like in 10-20 years the language that 25 year olds feel is acceptable now will be considered offensive in some other way.

Things are different now because the patriarchy is a joke and no one wants to be married to a mediocre white man and have ugly children. I said what I said.

Truth. I don't have a clue why so many modern women rant about men being shit but still reproduce with white ones. If you're going to lay down with trash, at least lay down with a man of color for the sake of your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Not everyone I meet is like this but maybe 1 out of 3. Usually they’re on the younger side, under 40. Both online and offline. They twist your words to mean something completely different.

Example, using the word “female” to describe a woman which I occasionally do, and have heard countless other women use it in the exact same context. I sometimes get called out for it by these easy to offend types.

Another person got offended when I said I have a wife, key word *have*, implying that I somehow meant that my wife was my literal property simply because I used a possessive verb.

In another example, I was giving advice to a younger family member who is having financial troubles and is starting out in the art field, I mentioned that art is known to not pay too well in general, they told me this comment was offensive as if I was diminishing the importance of the art profession.

You did not know?

“Diversity” is not about appreciating and recognizing our cultural differences.

Diversity is about dividing Americans. Dividing us along skin color (the exact opposite of what Dr. Martin Luther King dreamt of). Dividing us on gender and orientation lines. And most of all: dividing Americans politically.

Diversity in 2024 has become the opposite of unity and bipartisanship.

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Anonymous wrote:People are very sensitive to word choices and what they mean/imply. If you are describing a woman - say "woman," if you "have a wife" say you are "married" or have a "partner."

Yes, but why are things different now? What caused the shift? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? I feel like in 10-20 years the language that 25 year olds feel is acceptable now will be considered offensive in some other way.

Things are different now because the patriarchy is a joke and no one wants to be married to a mediocre white man and have ugly children. I said what I said.

This is a great example of how people aren't sensitive anymore. It's now totally fine to say things like "white people make ugly" babies. Instead of this being viewed as racist and vile, as it would have been viewed in years past, now people nod solemnly and think they are "doing the work" by agreeing that whites are ugly.

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Anonymous wrote:People are very sensitive to word choices and what they mean/imply. If you are describing a woman - say "woman," if you "have a wife" say you are "married" or have a "partner."

Yes, but why are things different now? What caused the shift? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? I feel like in 10-20 years the language that 25 year olds feel is acceptable now will be considered offensive in some other way.

Things are different now because the patriarchy is a joke and no one wants to be married to a mediocre white man and have ugly children. I said what I said.

This is a great example of how people aren't sensitive anymore. It's now totally fine to say things like "white people make ugly" babies. Instead of this being viewed as racist and vile, as it would have been viewed in years past, now people nod solemnly and think they are "doing the work" by agreeing that whites are ugly.

Nah, it's not doing the work, it's just the truth.

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As a judge, I find this thread title very offensive.

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Anonymous wrote:People are very sensitive to word choices and what they mean/imply. If you are describing a woman - say "woman," if you "have a wife" say you are "married" or have a "partner."

Yes, but why are things different now? What caused the shift? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? I feel like in 10-20 years the language that 25 year olds feel is acceptable now will be considered offensive in some other way.

Things are different now because the patriarchy is a joke and no one wants to be married to a mediocre white man and have ugly children. I said what I said.

This is a great example of how people aren't sensitive anymore. It's now totally fine to say things like "white people make ugly" babies. Instead of this being viewed as racist and vile, as it would have been viewed in years past, now people nod solemnly and think they are "doing the work" by agreeing that whites are ugly.

Nah, it's not doing the work, it's just the truth.

Yet other truths cannot be spoken.


How’s that work?

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Anonymous wrote:A whole generation was told that words = violence, aka disagreement = violence. Then throw in the explosion of self-identification and the politicization of identity groups as protected categories.

There's a huge difference between people 30 and north (especially 35 and north) and people in their 20s and late teens. And it's due to the failures of education. It makes complete sense when you realize what's being taught now and how it's being taught.

“Nearly 25% of College Students Say it’s Acceptable to Use Violence to Shut Down Controversial Speakers”


https://humanevents.com/2021/09/28/nearly-25-of-college-students-say-its-acceptable-to-use-violence-to-shut-down-controversial-speakers/#google_vignette


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A new survey of the top 150 colleges in the United States found that nearly 25 percent of students believe it is acceptable to use violence to shut down a controversial speaker on campus.

At several elite women’s colleges, the number shockingly jumps to nearly 50 percent.“

. . .

When you give yourself permission to use violence to shut down the speech of people you don’t like, you also give people like me the same permission to use violence to shut your speech down. And I’d wager I’m a lot better at dealing out violence than you probably are. I was a professional violence administrator for a dozen years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a judge, I find this thread title very offensive.

This is the only good comment on the thread. Well done, your honor.

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Anonymous wrote:People are very sensitive to word choices and what they mean/imply. If you are describing a woman - say "woman," if you "have a wife" say you are "married" or have a "partner."

Yes, but why are things different now? What caused the shift? Do you think it’s a good or bad thing? I feel like in 10-20 years the language that 25 year olds feel is acceptable now will be considered offensive in some other way.

It's always been weird to refer to women as "females", especially when people never refer to men as "males" or say something like "men and females" in a sentence. I remember people being irked by this in the 90s.

But people do refer to men as males. I think of myself as a female. When the context is appropriate, my first thought is to say female.

Is your first language not English?
You can't think of yourself "as a female". It makes no sense. Female is descriptive. You can think of yourself as a "female person", or as a "woman".

NP. You must not be a scientist. Female and male are absolutely nouns, too. If one is writing a paper about animals, it’s very common to write “the females did X, while the males were found to be Y…” or whatever. Those terms are nouns as well as adjectives. And humans are animals, too.