Another great article. Yes, language has fallen prey to the culture of victimhood. A key question, which was not addressed in your example, is "who is the audience?" If it is just the "offending" party, then an exaggerated response to a perceived slight is an attempt to assert the moral high ground, however unjustified. But the REAL dama…
Another great article. Yes, language has fallen prey to the culture of victimhood. A key question, which was not addressed in your example, is "who is the audience?" If it is just the "offending" party, then an exaggerated response to a perceived slight is an attempt to assert the moral high ground, however unjustified.
But the REAL damage occurs when the exaggerated response is directed at third parties or the public at large. And here, I would argue, is where the real cultural change has taken place, in that these exaggerated claims of offense are VALIDATED by workplace HR departments, college disciplinary bodies, Twitter mobs, etc. Validation by society or by authoritative bodies is what makes it a "culture" of victimhood as opposed to one person just trying to shut the other person down.
The guy rightly outs the entitlement culture behind all this "offense;" the rest of the world has to conform to MY "reality" and say what I demand in order not to hurt MY feelings.
My second daughter (A high school teacher) recently moved from a violence-ridden high school in a poor area in NJ where none of this crap exists to a more affluent high school in DC where students are starting to demand "their pronouns." She has already been disciplined by the administration for a "name-based micro-aggression" by an "outraged" student whose parents demanded her head because my daughter (who lived 6 years in Egypt) told the student offhandedly that her name "Tabiah" meant "ashtray" in Arabic. She is now in really deep shit.
She wants to return to the rough NJ schools where she can relate better. This fragility appears to be reserved for the more affluent of all races.
Another great article. Yes, language has fallen prey to the culture of victimhood. A key question, which was not addressed in your example, is "who is the audience?" If it is just the "offending" party, then an exaggerated response to a perceived slight is an attempt to assert the moral high ground, however unjustified.
But the REAL damage occurs when the exaggerated response is directed at third parties or the public at large. And here, I would argue, is where the real cultural change has taken place, in that these exaggerated claims of offense are VALIDATED by workplace HR departments, college disciplinary bodies, Twitter mobs, etc. Validation by society or by authoritative bodies is what makes it a "culture" of victimhood as opposed to one person just trying to shut the other person down.
How would you like to have her as a coworker? Maybe sharing an office?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjUjSJplfs
Ignore the framing narrative, it's not that good.
The guy rightly outs the entitlement culture behind all this "offense;" the rest of the world has to conform to MY "reality" and say what I demand in order not to hurt MY feelings.
My second daughter (A high school teacher) recently moved from a violence-ridden high school in a poor area in NJ where none of this crap exists to a more affluent high school in DC where students are starting to demand "their pronouns." She has already been disciplined by the administration for a "name-based micro-aggression" by an "outraged" student whose parents demanded her head because my daughter (who lived 6 years in Egypt) told the student offhandedly that her name "Tabiah" meant "ashtray" in Arabic. She is now in really deep shit.
She wants to return to the rough NJ schools where she can relate better. This fragility appears to be reserved for the more affluent of all races.
he's right about that but he uses "capitulate to your worldview" as much as that idiot girl uses "my correct pronouns."
You’re a hard guy to please….
I've never handled repetition very well.