Why are people so judgy and easily offended now?

[Anonymous]

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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.“

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OMG - this is truly terrifying.

Young people have lost their minds!

Then again, "silence is violence," so anything's possible these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.“

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OMG - this is truly terrifying.

Young people have lost their minds!

I don’t understand when young people became so afraid of free speech. Gen X here and I remember free speech being a big point of pride when I was young? Even the ACLU has abandoned free speech as an issue to champion. It’s a shift that I don’t really understand.

Come on! Free speech doesn’t mean you are free from the consequences of your speech if private citizens or non-state entities don’t like what you have to say!

Also, I made the mistake of clicking on that link (god knows what FB ads I’m going to get now, thanks, Al Gore) - the website makes me highly skeptical of the quality of their reporting and the strength of the survey they conducted. There’s no indication of how they define “violence” - although, to be fair, since there was also an option of “shouting down” a speaker, I would assume it’s more than that. No idea who they asked, how they asked the questions, etc.

[Anonymous]

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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.

PP here. My apologies for not saying "gay and trans." If I'd known doing so was going to make my point so thoroughly, completely unintelligible to the average DCUM reader, I would have proof-read more carefully.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

PP here. My apologies for not saying "gay and trans." If I'd known doing so was going to make my point so thoroughly, completely unintelligible to the average DCUM reader, I would have proof-read more carefully.

It's an important distinction because gay people and trans people are VERY different. Try not to conflate the two. You may be surprised to hear what many gay people think about all this trans activist and gender stuff that's been all the rage lately.

Not trying to be pedantic here, just trying to illustrate that the whole LGBTQetc. umbrella mishmash isn't partially helpful for anyone.

OK, rant over.

[Anonymous]

Everyone seems to feel entitled to have the world exactly as they want or deem they deserve to have it. When they encounter anything not to their liking, it’s someone else’s fault, someone else excluding/oppressing/inconveniencing/denying them, or some other reason completely beyond their control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it acceptable for artists to use such degrading words and phrases in music? I can stand on a sidewalk and a car will come by blasting racist, misogynistic lyrics and no one bats an eye.

Meanwhile, banned entirely from the radio is the old song by a white artist, “Baby It’s Cold Outside,”

And yet it’s totally OK to play “Till all these females crawl (crawl!)” on the radio every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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


“
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.“

. . .

OMG - this is truly terrifying.

Young people have lost their minds!

I don’t understand when young people became so afraid of free speech. Gen X here and I remember free speech being a big point of pride when I was young? Even the ACLU has abandoned free speech as an issue to champion. It’s a shift that I don’t really understand.

So you truly believe a pull from a hack like Jack Posobiec and his far, right wing, discredited bull?

Okay then.

I don’t know who Jack Posobiec is but I have followed the ACLU closely for years (used to be a regular donor) and they’ve definitely changed their approach to free speech as a major issue.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it acceptable for artists to use such degrading words and phrases in music? I can stand on a sidewalk and a car will come by blasting racist, misogynistic lyrics and no one bats an eye.

Meanwhile, banned entirely from the radio is the old song by a white artist, “Baby It’s Cold Outside,”

And yet it’s totally OK to play “Till all these females crawl (crawl!)” on the radio every day.

This is not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it acceptable for artists to use such degrading words and phrases in music? I can stand on a sidewalk and a car will come by blasting racist, misogynistic lyrics and no one bats an eye.

Meanwhile, banned entirely from the radio is the old song by a white artist, “Baby It’s Cold Outside,”

And yet it’s totally OK to play “Till all these females crawl (crawl!)” on the radio every day.

This is not true.

I did not hear this song on the radio last month here in the DMV. Not once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it acceptable for artists to use such degrading words and phrases in music? I can stand on a sidewalk and a car will come by blasting racist, misogynistic lyrics and no one bats an eye.

Meanwhile, banned entirely from the radio is the old song by a white artist, “Baby It’s Cold Outside,”

And yet it’s totally OK to play “Till all these females crawl (crawl!)” on the radio every day.

This is not true.

I did not hear this song on the radio last month here in the DMV. Not once.

Although I agree with the general concept of general delicacy, to be fair I heard it on Apple Music.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it acceptable for artists to use such degrading words and phrases in music? I can stand on a sidewalk and a car will come by blasting racist, misogynistic lyrics and no one bats an eye.

Meanwhile, banned entirely from the radio is the old song by a white artist, “Baby It’s Cold Outside,”

And yet it’s totally OK to play “Till all these females crawl (crawl!)” on the radio every day.

This is not true.

I did not hear this song on the radio last month here in the DMV. Not once.

Well I guess if you didn’t notice it playing while you were listening, that must mean it’s entirely banned from the radio. I’m offended by your lack of logic, not your language choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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


“
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.“

. . .

OMG - this is truly terrifying.

Young people have lost their minds!

I don’t understand when young people became so afraid of free speech. Gen X here and I remember free speech being a big point of pride when I was young? Even the ACLU has abandoned free speech as an issue to champion. It’s a shift that I don’t really understand.

The Left is more powerful than it used to be and now have the power to police speech and thought. It controls big tech, academia, MSM, etc. Conservatives are the ones to complain about free speech (leftist have no reason to complain because they control all the platforms now) so “free speech” is now only an issue conservatives care about, and is now perceived to be aligned with right wing politics.

[Anonymous]

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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) “

All these female WHAT? kittens, turtles, dogs, osprey? It is non-specific and frankly, not intended to be the most flattering way to refer to women. And a rap song--or any other--should not be relied upon to bolster one's argument about language.

Shhhh - no one tell PP that most of Lil’ John’s songs contain the “N” word ! lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it acceptable for artists to use such degrading words and phrases in music? I can stand on a sidewalk and a car will come by blasting racist, misogynistic lyrics and no one bats an eye.

Meanwhile, banned entirely from the radio is the old song by a white artist, “Baby It’s Cold Outside,”

And yet it’s totally OK to play “Till all these females crawl (crawl!)” on the radio every day.

This is not true.

There has been an ongoing controversy over the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” for years and some radio stations have banned it along the way.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/05/673770902/baby-it-s-cold-outside-seen-as-sexist-frozen-out-by-radio-stations

Rolling Stone has an article about the history of the controversy:
https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/baby-its-cold-outside-controversy-holiday-song-history-768183/amp/

Apparently the song was revised in 2019 to make it more acceptable:
https://time.com/5739183/baby-its-cold-outside-consent/

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cDQOb0uNQh8