Why is it considered offensive to say "These/those people...."?
I think people are just over sensitive these days.
share
You have a talent for understatement, Eric. The PC Police are UNHINGED these days!
😎
MovieChat Forums > General Discussion > Why is it considered offensive to say "T...
People who claim to be "offended" over trivial things do so because it makes them a “victim.” And people figured out if they can play victim, they get special treatment. And if they cry loud enough, long enough and hard enough, they soon become untouchable because no one dares to correct them out of fear. Then they have it made…and others follow suit because they see the power it will give them.
It's rarely for noble, humanitarian reasons. It is almost always self-serving. Being “offended” is a subjective feeling and a choice. And I just don't buy into all this “I'm offended” crap that is so ubiquitous in America these days. Most of being “offended” is a personal decision one makes in their mind.
I would be embarrassed to go in public if I whined and cried about some of the ridiculous stuff people fuss over these days. Seriously, grow up. We are supposed to be adults but it seems like society is stuck in the 1st grade.
Like a drill instructor used to tell us in basic training - “suck it up butter cup. Strap a set on and move on.” Wiser words were never spoken.
Wow. What a great response, Jason! Couldn't have said it better myself. BTW, I don't remember our drill instructor using the buttercup line, but it's one of my favorites in responding to snowflakes.
👍 😎
So you're offended over people being offended at being denigrated?
Plus, you lump all their feelings into "trivial things" in order to denigrate them further.
Good job. Just hand-wave away anything inconvenient to you and dismiss other people's personal feelings as trivial.
Obviously Movieman is going to agree, he's a self-serving jerk.
I'm offended that you're offended over me making comments about people being offended. I'm gonna have to retreat back to my safe space.
shareI like you Frogarama. These other fuckers have no soul. Lets get freaky and make beautiful left-wing radical love.
Bogus. You're projecting your own personal prejudices and beliefs on what you think the root causes of the "PC police" phenomenon are that has no basis in fact. It's not about the targets of perceived slights deriving joy out of portraying themselves as 'victims'. Your patronizing narrative is pretty weak.
Jonathan Haidt, a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business recently published an in depth study into the root causes in his most recent book titled “The Coddling of the American Mind.”
He discovered PC oversensitivity that leads to PC thought policing on college campuses (it's not all universities, but specifically elite liberals arts colleges on the west coast and in the northeast) that trickles down to the rest of society has largely been driven by a new economy of "virtue signaling" on these campuses that is amplified by the rise of social media. He found this new economy began in 2013 where students on these campuses gained prestige among their peers by engaging in this destructive "call out culture" in an insular, 4 year environment among the same peers where they're ostensibly taught to promote values of diversity and tolerance. This is why they can remain so oblivious to the lives and careers they inevitably destroy when they sling these accusations without knowing the extent of malice intended by their targets. It's about social status among these insular groups.
In other words, it's not primarily the targets of (often unintended) slights that end up creating this culture of PC intolerance. It's the hordes of virtue signalers that end up enforcing this unhealthy environment of denigration and destruction that perpetuate this culture.
ALRIGHT JASON!! GREAT ANSWER and EXACTLY MY SENTIMENTS.
shareI think a big problem is growing tribalism among people who are finding their differences rifting further apart. Could just be a symptom of people having increasing contact with each other. Going out to town used to be a treat, put on a suit and tie, be polite and courteous to others who are also out and about because your public reputation was more important back then. Not many other places to hide personal feelings like the Internet.
shareUh-huh. But, are they really "sensitive" about how they treat others, or just THEM-selves? It's not sensitivity, but today's outrage, outrage, outrage because they are so damn unhappy about their lives and/or bored.
shareEveryone wants their 15 minutes of outrage.
share