The Liberal PC Culture Has to End

[Jezcoe]

@MichaelScarn

@Jezcoe

Oh I can agree that the zealousness for complete protection can go too far but I would hate for it to swing too far the other way where there is no consideration given to subject matter that some may find traumatic.

I only say these things because I remember how my ex reacted to a date night movie years ago where there was a rape that occurred out of really no where. She was raped in college. I am sure the experience would have been different if she had had the opportunity to mentally prepare for that scene or…we would have watched something else.

Identifying trigger warnings aren’t necessarily a bad thing… but I do agree that it becomes a problem when a law professor can’t talk about rape in a law course.

yes see that’s almost exactly the situation that Haidt is arguing needs to be protected. PTSD comes from actual, physical trauma. The problem with safetyism is that we play into the hands of anxiety. iGen has more anxiety and depression than any previous generation but it’s not caused by physical trauma from war or rape or some violent offense. People with anxiety and depression don’t need to be reminded of all of the reasons why they should be anxious and depressed. They need CBT, or ACT, or drugs.

The concept he discusses at length is “anti-fragility”. Kids need to be pushed around a little bit when they’re younger so they know how to handle it when they’re older. You can’t just collapse into a ball of nerves when something doesn’t go your way. But now we’ve elevated that “emotional trauma” to the same level as someone has been raped, or mugged, or been to war. That’s not a good thing for society.

Agreed.

I do know that I couldn’t get away with what I got away with in college today. If you remember the 90’s Mentos commercial craze, my buddies and I made a satirical take on it involving a gunman shooting people and at the last shot showing him with the mentos.

Now this was the early 90’s so the only mass shooting reference we were working off of was the Austin tower shooting. No one really had a problem with it then.

Oh… and did I mention I went to VaTech?

[armycowboy]

@PurpnGold

I actually agree. Liberals are often way to nice. That has always been my criticism of my brethren. We are so PC sometimes that we don’t call a spade a spade… we call it “a white card with black symbols to celebrate their diversity”.

PC to me usually mean just be respectful and don’t be a D.

I agree, but I also think republicans are far more politically engaged. The listen to Rush and Sean daily. There’s no liberal counter to that. They watch all the opinion shows on Fox every evening. They’re genuinely angry and many of them live this stuff 24/7.

[JayJay]

@Excast

Liberalism isn’t preventing people from calling out horrible behavior for what it is. If anything, it’s self proclaimed moderates/independents who like to think themselves “above” the fray of partisan politics and therefore looks for a reason to “both sides” every single issue.

Absolutely it prevents it.

The left is its own worst enemy in all this.

[armycowboy]

@JayJay

Liberalism isn’t preventing people from calling out horrible behavior for what it is. If anything, it’s self proclaimed moderates/independents who like to think themselves “above” the fray of partisan politics and therefore looks for a reason to “both sides” every single issue.

Absolutely it prevents it.

The left is its own worst enemy in all this.

I agree. Its like the left is following the Marquise of Queensbury rules in an MMA fight.

[MichaelScarn]

@TommyLucchese

True story, like three years or so back I am embarked on an amateur investigation to figure out why Gen Z girls were all of a sudden super interested in guys in their thirties and forties. It’s crazy out here. Girls under the legal drinking age will come onto you.

And I heard a bunch of stuff but the important one that I heard almost every single time and totally missed is “guys my age just want to hang out with their friends.”

I guess it just didn’t compute because the idea of a guy between the age of puberty and about 26 who isn’t thinking about sex constantly didn’t even seem possible.

Then I realized: the phones. It’s the phones. They have instant access to every perversion mankind has ever thought up in their pocket 24/7. I don’t think the generation that shoplifted Playboys and watched Skinemax just to see some breasts has adequately considered just what it means to be a young dude with nonstop access to hardcore porn.

and the reverse of that is that girls have constant access to their bullies or people they are bullying. They’re more susceptible to FOMO or FOBLO (being left out) because of social media, so they’re just a mess by the time they’re ready to go off to college. It creates a volatile cocktail. Older men probably look (and are) a lot more stable if you’re like a 20 year old girl and you survey the landscape of available 20 year old boys.

[MichaelScarn]

The current trending threads today demonstrate the problem with PC culture. Trump’s red hat brigade is defending a wannabe dictator, as well as deflecting from the largest anti-semitic attack in US history, while simultaneously pretending that something addressed to CNN was not addressed to CNN.

There are words for these actions.

[MichaelScarn]

good lord, the word coc.ktail got censored.

[Kyshia]

@calirepub

Step 1. Vote.
Step 2. ???
Step 3. Profit.

I don’t know where it started, but I’ve seen that on too many online poker forum posts to count.

[MichaelScarn]

@Kyshia

I don’t know where it started, but I’ve seen that on too many online poker forum posts to count.

underpants gnomes episode of south park

[MichaelScarn]

Interesting that no trumpers are even attempting to post. Probably too many words.

[Cynic]

There are Brazilian dictators to defend and Jewish Sith Overlords to attack!

[MichaelScarn]

@Cynic

There are Brazilian dictators to defend and Jewish Sith Overlords to attack!

I don’t think many of them even realize that there were three terrorist attacks in America last week because the attackers wore red hats.

[reflechissez]

@MichaelScarn

@Cynic

There are Brazilian dictators to defend and Jewish Sith Overlords to attack!

I don’t think many of them even realize that there were three terrorist attacks in America last week because the attackers wore red hats.

Uneducated white men, unite!

[MichaelScarn]

@reflechissez

Uneducated white men, unite!

how dare you slander the uneducated white male voter in America! No one has been under more constant persecution than the uneducated white male. Just look at all of the opportunities afforded to jews and blacks and illegals, and now compare that with the abject poverty and skewed justice system faced by the loyal, hardworking white.

[armycowboy]

They’ve been told for the entirety of their adult lives by the CEC how oppressed they are.

[Jezcoe]

@armycowboy

They’ve been told for the entirety of their adult lives by the CEC how oppressed they are.

Blue collar white resentment is real.

The question I don’t hear asked is if it is justified?

[MichaelScarn]

@armycowboy

They’ve been told for the entirety of their adult lives by the CEC how oppressed they are.

After a week where three of their own went on a terrorist spree, they’re trying to play the victim card. It’s almost unfathomable, but nothing surprises me anymore. Actually I take that back. I’m surprised that Trump hasn’t accidentally tweeted a ■■■■ pic yet.

[MichaelScarn]

@Jezcoe

Blue collar white resentment is real.

The question I don’t hear asked is if it is justified?

The sad thing about it is they would be so much better served with strong, private sector unions, but that’s one of the biggest evils in their world.

[Jezcoe]

@MichaelScarn

@armycowboy

They’ve been told for the entirety of their adult lives by the CEC how oppressed they are.

After a week where three of their own went on a terrorist spree, they’re trying to play the victim card. It’s almost unfathomable, but nothing surprises me anymore. Actually I take that back. I’m surprised that Trump hasn’t accidentally tweeted a ■■■■ pic yet.

#notallwhiteguys

[armycowboy]

They don’t care. They just like hearing that it’s not their fault if their lives haven’t gone well.