Back in the past, we chanted:
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me”.
Clearly different now.
So Much For Subtlety
But apparently calling Mitt Romney a Nazi who literally went around at night giving his female employees cancer was fine.
Toughen up buttercup. You are going to hear much worse in your life.
Paul
I do wonder if the mental health stuff is more an example of #metoo and similar herd behaviours.
I also wonder if when I was a child we didn’t expect perfection and success with out effort.
So , for example, we didn’t expect everyone to like us. I remember in sixth form there were three very seperate social groups ; there was little animosity, but no real ‘friendship’. But we didn’t feel the other social groups were bullying us, or excluding us or anything like that.
Henry Crun
Oh boo fucking hoo!
So Much For Subtlety
At their age their grandparents were surviving the Blitz.
PJH
I’m more inclined to believe they have cause and effect the wrong way round in that headline…
bloke in spain
Any idea how much it costs, have a plane tow a banner? S’pose getting a formation of jets to skywrite it would be out of the question?
The Meissen Bison
The snowflake appellation surely derives from the belief that every individual is unique and special which conveys certain privileges like removing your todger and retrofitting a front bottom. You were unique and special and you are still unique and special.
Bloke in Cornwall
The Meissen Bison – it’s more that they are delicate and melt as soon as you look at them…
Andrew C
“Helen Parr (Elastigirl): Everyone is special, Dash.
Dash Parr: That’s just another way of saying no one is.”
From ‘The Incredibles’
Mr Yan
LMFAO – poor little things. I imagine the way to solve this problem is to expand safe spaces to encompass everyone so they never hear anything bad.
I notice the article includes this:
Any term used disparagingly to a segment of the population is inherently negative.
I can see how this will morph into discrimination next – like the blacks at the back of busses, gayists not being able to say they were ‘married’ and rapey XY chromosome ‘women’ incarcerated in female prisons.
Shibusa
Being a snowflake is damaging to mental health
bloke in spain
In other news, gather there’s been an Islamic terrorist plot to off Theresa May.
Bloody pushy Muslims!
Get to the back of the queue.
Hallowed Be
Paul “I do wonder if the mental health stuff is more an example of # me too and similar herd behaviours.”
Well when there’s an arms race for special treatment we shouldn’t be surprised mental health is now at the technological cutting edge. There is an almost infinite scope for diagnoses of one sort of another to be made and requirements and needs to be tacked on the back of them. I’m not suggesting that MH be not treated as a medical matter, and all power to the elbow of those treating disorders, but there needs to be a SALT treaty banning them from any discussion about rights, obligations and privileges.
Rob
Being called a “snowflake” is damaging to mental health, young people say
Thus neatly justifying the term.
Bloke in North Dorset
When I was young this sort of behaviour was met with a response of “grow up”.
Our colleges and universities need their walls plastering with the phrase: “Reality doesn’t provide trigger warnings or safe spaces and you won’t get them here”.
Mr Ecks
“Any term used disparagingly to a segment of the population is inherently negative”
Unless you are white of course when they can say what they like.
DevonChap
“Any term used disparagingly to a segment of the population is inherently negative”
I was thinking the same thing. Calling right wing voters “selfish bastard Tories” would surely damage their mental health. As would spreading lies about their beliefs. And yet the same people who hold the view that disparaging them damages their mental health do that all the time.
There seems to be a total absence of the idea of reciprocity or logical consistency. It’s a problem for the classical liberal who is concerned by those things.
Is anyone really surprised at this? Most households I enter nowadays are run by the toddlers with the parents pandering to every demand for attention. I can only assume this has been going on for some time, and we are seeing the result of it.
Rob
There seems to be a total absence of the idea of reciprocity or logical consistency. It’s a problem for the classical liberal who is concerned by those things.
Or for anyone vaguely rational.
Pcar
Coming soon:
Describing someone as a “snowflake” deemed a Hate Crime
CPS & Police include “dislike” as a valid definition of Hate Crime
Appendix Z196 in filing cabinet in basement contains exemptions which include “Tory Scum”, “Nazi”, “Fascist”, dislike of Brexit supporters…
polidorisghost
Below the line:
“Did I read that right? Don’t call us snowflakes… because we are snowflakes?”
Back in the past, we chanted:
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me”.
Clearly different now.
But apparently calling Mitt Romney a Nazi who literally went around at night giving his female employees cancer was fine.
Toughen up buttercup. You are going to hear much worse in your life.
I do wonder if the mental health stuff is more an example of #metoo and similar herd behaviours.
I also wonder if when I was a child we didn’t expect perfection and success with out effort.
So , for example, we didn’t expect everyone to like us. I remember in sixth form there were three very seperate social groups ; there was little animosity, but no real ‘friendship’. But we didn’t feel the other social groups were bullying us, or excluding us or anything like that.
Oh boo fucking hoo!
At their age their grandparents were surviving the Blitz.
I’m more inclined to believe they have cause and effect the wrong way round in that headline…
Any idea how much it costs, have a plane tow a banner? S’pose getting a formation of jets to skywrite it would be out of the question?
The snowflake appellation surely derives from the belief that every individual is unique and special which conveys certain privileges like removing your todger and retrofitting a front bottom. You were unique and special and you are still unique and special.
The Meissen Bison – it’s more that they are delicate and melt as soon as you look at them…
“Helen Parr (Elastigirl): Everyone is special, Dash.
Dash Parr: That’s just another way of saying no one is.”
From ‘The Incredibles’
LMFAO – poor little things. I imagine the way to solve this problem is to expand safe spaces to encompass everyone so they never hear anything bad.
I notice the article includes this:
I can see how this will morph into discrimination next – like the blacks at the back of busses, gayists not being able to say they were ‘married’ and rapey XY chromosome ‘women’ incarcerated in female prisons.
Being a snowflake is damaging to mental health
In other news, gather there’s been an Islamic terrorist plot to off Theresa May.
Bloody pushy Muslims!
Get to the back of the queue.
Paul “I do wonder if the mental health stuff is more an example of # me too and similar herd behaviours.”
Well when there’s an arms race for special treatment we shouldn’t be surprised mental health is now at the technological cutting edge. There is an almost infinite scope for diagnoses of one sort of another to be made and requirements and needs to be tacked on the back of them. I’m not suggesting that MH be not treated as a medical matter, and all power to the elbow of those treating disorders, but there needs to be a SALT treaty banning them from any discussion about rights, obligations and privileges.
Being called a “snowflake” is damaging to mental health, young people say
Thus neatly justifying the term.
When I was young this sort of behaviour was met with a response of “grow up”.
Our colleges and universities need their walls plastering with the phrase: “Reality doesn’t provide trigger warnings or safe spaces and you won’t get them here”.
“Any term used disparagingly to a segment of the population is inherently negative”
Unless you are white of course when they can say what they like.
“Any term used disparagingly to a segment of the population is inherently negative”
I was thinking the same thing. Calling right wing voters “selfish bastard Tories” would surely damage their mental health. As would spreading lies about their beliefs. And yet the same people who hold the view that disparaging them damages their mental health do that all the time.
There seems to be a total absence of the idea of reciprocity or logical consistency. It’s a problem for the classical liberal who is concerned by those things.
Is anyone really surprised at this? Most households I enter nowadays are run by the toddlers with the parents pandering to every demand for attention. I can only assume this has been going on for some time, and we are seeing the result of it.
There seems to be a total absence of the idea of reciprocity or logical consistency. It’s a problem for the classical liberal who is concerned by those things.
Or for anyone vaguely rational.
Coming soon:
Describing someone as a “snowflake” deemed a Hate Crime
CPS & Police include “dislike” as a valid definition of Hate Crime
Appendix Z196 in filing cabinet in basement contains exemptions which include “Tory Scum”, “Nazi”, “Fascist”, dislike of Brexit supporters…
Below the line:
“Did I read that right? Don’t call us snowflakes… because we are snowflakes?”