Critical Race Theory

[awty]

[tackattack]

general offended-ness is rarely warranted, IMO. People should realize that their freedom comes at the cost of joining a social contract. I don't go outside of my doors without the idea that something could be offensive to me, and often is. When it's personal, then it's an attack, but easily diffused with clear communication.

[awty]

I often feel like people are looking for things to be offended about. Seems a waste of energy to me.

Berke Breathed, the cartoonist who creates Bloom County, called it offensesensitivity. I have one of his T-shirts that says "Offended?" "Yup, everything."

If you pick everything apart looking for something offensive you are likely to find it.

[The Grand Nudger]

Probably dont have to pick anything apart, look hard, or even look at all.

Being pathologically offended by other people being offended, for example.

The profit engine that really put this sort of stuff at the forefront isn’t actually driven by offended people, but by those offended by the idea of someone else being offended.

[awty]

Probably dont have to pick anything apart, look hard, or even look at all.

Being pathologically offended by other people being offended, for example.

The profit engine that really put this sort of stuff at the forefront isn’t actually driven by offended people, but by those offended by the idea of someone else being offended.

Being offended once removed? Still seems a waste of energy to me.

[The Grand Nudger]

Pretty much. If it's silly to be offended, it's probably sillier to be offended about people being offended. The nutballs are consistently inconsistent, at least.

[The Architect Of Fate]

Are we back to worrying how much the guy rocking an imperial mullet hates Teh Whites?

But Grand if you're not eternally mad about all the overhyped phony virtual signally culture war nonsense. Then you hate Teh Whites.

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Pretty much.  If it's silly to be offended, it's probably sillier to be offended about people being offended.  The nutballs are consistently inconsistent, at least.

The people who spend all their time whining about other people's outrage are the biggest snowflakes of all.

[Spongebob]

[Ahriman]

Being offended by people is a way of life for most people.

Um, no? How do you figure?

[Spongebob]

The 'You all look alike to me' phenomena is hard wired, research finds  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...112419.htm

I don't usually have this problem with black faces, but Asian faces do look very similar to me and it is hard for me to tell them apart. This is science. Teach the black kids that this is science and not personal, and don't validate their thoughts that the white teachers are just being racist and hate all black people. That line of thinking is not going to help black kids in life. I don't see how it could. And teaching black kids to be the angry black stereotype and rage and yell at their teachers is not the answer either. Teaching black kids to have even less respect for authority figures is not the way to go, imo, and can only cause more problems with blacks shunning authority figures and acting out.

That doesn't mean a person can't make more of an effort to get to know their students, colleagues, etc.  It's the lack of effort that makes it so annoying.