(I'm discussing the US but feel free to share stories about your country)
I can't mince words here. It sickens me how much we coddle and protect people at the slightest sign of discomfort. It's everywhere and everyone is so afraid of offending other people. It's getting ridiculous and going to ridiculous lengths. Someone please tell me.
Why do people need to be constantly comfortable?
Why is opposition to anything bad?
Why is it wrong to try and teach people to be tougher?
Why do we get so worried about people being offended at anything?
I get some of it. I think I'm a fairly nice person and I try to get along with most people, especially offline, but it absolutely baffles me how much we protect each other these days. Let me put on my tin foil hat, feel free to skip it if you want.
[Tinfoilhat] Just look at the country right now. Everyone is fat, scared, fearful, and complacent. Doesn't this seem like a great situation for an oppressive government? I can't help but feel with the decades of lobbyist favors that have lead to an incredibly overweight and paranoid population, that the US is perfectly groomed to be controlled for years to come. People have been conditioned to think they can make change from their computers and that their ailments are 'beautiful' and that fighting corporate America is 'terrorism' and that helping one another is 'socialism'. What's that? Something important in the news like the TPP? Quick! Put some dumb racist/sexist/theist on blast! What about abortion? Let's make some more fake videos of Planned Parenthood and get those facebooks rumbling! How about gay marriage? Nothing distracts the voters like a nice fag bashing! Keep 'em off target. [/tinfoilhat]
So what are your thoughts? Are we coddling people too much? Are we too concerned or not concerned enough with people and their feelings? How do we find a good balance?
I can't mince words here. It sickens me how much we coddle and protect people at the slightest sign of discomfort. It's everywhere and everyone is so afraid of offending other people. It's getting ridiculous and going to ridiculous lengths. Someone please tell me.
Why do people need to be constantly comfortable?
Why is opposition to anything bad?
Why is it wrong to try and teach people to be tougher?
Why do we get so worried about people being offended at anything?
I get some of it. I think I'm a fairly nice person and I try to get along with most people, especially offline, but it absolutely baffles me how much we protect each other these days. Let me put on my tin foil hat, feel free to skip it if you want.
[Tinfoilhat] Just look at the country right now. Everyone is fat, scared, fearful, and complacent. Doesn't this seem like a great situation for an oppressive government? I can't help but feel with the decades of lobbyist favors that have lead to an incredibly overweight and paranoid population, that the US is perfectly groomed to be controlled for years to come. People have been conditioned to think they can make change from their computers and that their ailments are 'beautiful' and that fighting corporate America is 'terrorism' and that helping one another is 'socialism'. What's that? Something important in the news like the TPP? Quick! Put some dumb racist/sexist/theist on blast! What about abortion? Let's make some more fake videos of Planned Parenthood and get those facebooks rumbling! How about gay marriage? Nothing distracts the voters like a nice fag bashing! Keep 'em off target. [/tinfoilhat]
So what are your thoughts? Are we coddling people too much? Are we too concerned or not concerned enough with people and their feelings? How do we find a good balance?