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Anonymous wrote:GenX here - if you use the following words (among others) to describe people I’m going to assume you’ve just woken up from a 40 year coma, have significant dementia, aren’t very smart (low EQ and IQ), or are racist or sexist — “female,” “colored,” “homosexual,” “oriental,” and “mulatto.”

I won’t correct you or explain why it’s offensive, because I’m not your mom and it’s not my job to school you on life. Also the people who still use these words have fragile egos and don’t like to be corrected.

No opinion on “I have a wife” - it sounds clunky in most contexts though - so I’m trying to imagine when I’d say “I have a husband” but I can’t. I’m sure that’s a failure of my imagination.

The arts thing needs more context. But leaning towards everyone’s an a**h**e.

Hilarious with the fragile egos line.

What is wrong with the word "homosexual"? I think I missed that one, but again, I usually just say "gay or not gay" because I don't have the bandwidth or care to figure out all of the other terms mean... binary, non-binary, queer adjacent, bi-curious, pan-sexual...etc., etc., it all seems a bit silly, I mean as a female of a certain age I am invisible as a sexual being these days, so should I care, no one really pays any attention to anything I say anyway?

Plus, it all reeks of over-indulgence, overinflated sense of self-importance, over-egotistical, over-valuing of one's individual significance in the universe... if you ask me... it is the very definition of what it is to be young I guess. It's all so very millennial, or GenZ, or whatever generation we are at now... you know, those just now coming of age, the perky ones, with all of their new and improved cutting-edge, fantastical, and novel ideas. You have to love youth! Live and let live, enjoy the sun on your face. It doesn't last forever.

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Anonymous wrote:Many people get offended by the word “abortion” by not by the word “guns”. The incoherence is quite disturbing.

Perhaps shades of meaning are hard for you.

Abortion refers to the ripping of a young human from the womb. That’s it. (There’s “abort” as in to stop a mission, but when “abortion” is used, see above.

“Guns” may be semiautomatic weapons, hunting rifles for those who hunt food, rifles used for the Olympic biathalon, water guns, heck even nice-looking arms.

You sound triggered

Right... Get thee into thine "safe room" stat... where's the weighted blanket? Assume fetal position... oops sorry, I should have said "TRIGGER WARNING"... before I said "fetal"

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.

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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) “

To be fair to Lil’ Jon,

- his original version did not use the now-controversial term “females” to refer to women.

It used the term “ b!+ches “ to refer to women.

“Till all these b!+ches crawl (crawl).” - Lil’ Jon.

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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.“

. . .

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.

+1 and if some fringe group was speaking at my university, people would protest. It was accepted that they had the right to speak, but also expected that people wouldn't like it and would voice their opinions with signs and yelling etc.

Something that may be different these days is that these groups used to be really fringe, like a racist skinhead group in the 80s or 90s or Fred Phelps church. But today the hate groups aren't so "out there." There really are politicians who believe the rights of a fetus are equal to or more important than the health of the mother. There really are people with governmental power who believe the word "gay" shouldn't be utteredin school. There's probably more of a sense of urgency to shut these people down because they very well might make laws that negatively impact us.

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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


“
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.

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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


“
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.

GenZ didn't influence the ACLU's shift into irrelevance. It was the rich GenX and Millennial progressive donors.

True, but the speed with which the ACLU has wholly abandoned free speech as a cause is emblematic of wider issues.

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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


“
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.

GenZ didn't influence the ACLU's shift into irrelevance. It was the rich GenX and Millennial progressive donors.

I haven't found this to be true but then I don't really engage with young people. Young people are judgy in their service industry jobs but I haven't noticed them being offended when I don't tip. Seems only words or feelings matter to them but ignoring us quite effective.

Where are these grown adults who are constantly offended? Millennials are only offended online while scrolling their phones and GenX takes quite the effort to offend

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a female who started to use female to refer to myself because I feel excluded out of the current use of woman, which has been rendered largely meaningless and seems to be based on extremely regressive stereotypes of femininity. Apparently now you are a “woman” if you like frills, heels, and pink.

I reject that entirely, and refer to myself as female.

That's not true at all.

Seems to be true to me.

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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.

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!

Anonymous wrote:I’m a female who started to use female to refer to myself because I feel excluded out of the current use of woman, which has been rendered largely meaningless and seems to be based on extremely regressive stereotypes of femininity. Apparently now you are a “woman” if you like frills, heels, and pink.

I reject that entirely, and refer to myself as female.

That's not true at all.

I’m a female who started to use female to refer to myself because I feel excluded out of the current use of woman, which has been rendered largely meaningless and seems to be based on extremely regressive stereotypes of femininity. Apparently now you are a “woman” if you like frills, heels, and pink.

I reject that entirely, and refer to myself as female.

Anonymous wrote:I think dislike of the word female is just personal preference. Because it is sometimes used derisively by certain types, it's only natural for some women to bristle a bit every time they hear it. B

If op didn't mean for it to sound denigrating, then hopefully it came through in tone and context. Op, just learn from your experiences. Stop saying "female" when "woman" would be more appropriate.

My parents used to say "colored people." They didn't understand why "colored" was a bad word but they stopped using it eventually. We roll with the changes.

It's used a lot in the military and isn't derogatory. Took me a while to get used to that when I worked for the Army as a civilian. Not that I found it offensive, just jarring because it wasn't how I was used to hearing about people rather than animals or plants.