Peterson's 12 Rules For Life, have you heard of this?

[bennyboy]

Some people think that bringing about a less bigoted and more egalitarian world is an immense contribution to humanity....and alot of those people also have jobs.  I really don't know where you intend to go with this other than to express how your own internal anxiety becomes hateful and ignorant as you project it out onto the world.

You are using catchwords that don't matter to me. You're saying I'm acting out because I'm insecure-- I'd almost be tempted to call it an appeal to emotionality-- "You're just saying these things because you can't handle X," where X is some emotional state which is meant to stereotype. Here, let's try it out and see if it means anything.

-That women is just acting like that because she probably has PMS or is otherwise hormonal. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't be making that argument.
-That gay person is just angry because he's frustrated with his life. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be making that argument.

I'm perfectly happy to own my anxiety. I'm living a really try-hard life, and my success depends largely on my being able to keep my eye on the ball as I work 12 hours a day building my business.

It's harder now than it was 15 years ago. I get college kids working for me, and holy fuck! I have to deal with the politics in a very real way. This one can't come to a workplace unless I get a signed form from every parent saying they won't send snacks with peanuts, despite lying on the health form which specifically asks about allergies. That one needs at least 10 minutes break every hour or he starts talking about human rights, even though I let them go home an hour early almost every day, and even though the labor board told him (on speaker phone ) that he had a great schedule-- her words: "I wish I got that pay and those hourly breaks, sir. Your employer sounds quite generous." Another one complains that she's been racially targeted-- her evidence for which is that other teachers sometimes leave books on her desk, which is right next to the teacher's room door and immediately UNDER a book shelf with backup books. I offered to exchange desks with her, and she took this as FURTHER evidence of racism: "I shouldn't HAVE to change desks with you. That you won't find and stop whoever's doing this to me proves that YOU are deliberately supporting this hateful harassment."

Catch that last one again. I immediately identified the real reason people had left books on her desk sometimes, I immediately offered to switch with her, so I would be inconvenienced rather than her, and she STILL found a way to make it all about her, and her victimhood, and my white male privilege. Yes, that creates a lot of anxiety.

The pain of dealing with these people me want to stab steak knives into my eyes just to lessen the pain. I just. . . want. . . to. . . do. . . my. . . fucking. . . job.

This is my experience of the young liberal left-- they are fucking lazy. They are special snowflakes. They expect everything to be done for them. They will not EVER lift a finger to help anyone else. They are owed the world. They do not owe anybody anything, even when given special considerations.

Absolutely, you are right. I'm acting on my anxiety, which is real.