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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with haidt. Young please seem to wear their mental health on their sleeves today and they don’t or can’t accept jagged discourse freely. I also see a lot of examples of skillful harnessing of the power of victimhood. Essentially so whatever it takes for ends to justify means. Whether it’s  trying to essentially make obese or overweight people a protected class and endlessly ”calling out” fat shaming as an epidemic plague. When in actually there is no such thing as “healthy” at any size. Social media and victim culture are truly eroding the ability for young folks to respond to adversity.[/quote]

I have no idea what 'jagged discourse' is but, based on your post, I suspect it's you (and those like you) getting called out for your disparaging, judgmental language.  I, for one, am glad to see Gen Z stand up and push back.  I'm glad to see them discuss their mental health challenges and share when they're struggling. I appreciate they're working to de-stigmatize it - not as victims or excuses but explanations and awareness. It's not as if mental illness is new or less prevalent.  It's in recognition that keeping it darkness is needlessly isolating and makes it worse.

I appreciate Gen Zs embracing diversity - whether that is obese people, LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, etc.  They certainly have shown they aren't going to lie down the way previous generations have and just suck it up because that's the way it's always been.  I've seen no evidence they are less resilient - just the opposite.  Gun violence has affected them in a way no other generation has been affected.  They're also not going to sit down and shut up while their body autonomy is stripped away.

~57 yo white woman from the rural midwest[/quote]

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