Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Yup. Every generation since time immemorial is weaker than its predecessor.
I think this is true, but I also think it needs to be pointed out the current situation is something new.
I think we're seeing unprecedented levels of weakness at this point. When we have adults requiring play doh and coloring books because they can't handle who won the election..I think that goes beyond just the normal trend we've seen when it comes to differences between the generations.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
And you think this is something dangerous? Something now endemic to American youth?
I think for the people who feel Trump is dangerous they should feel this stuff is dangerous. I think it was a backlash to stuff like this that is one of the reasons people voted for Trump.
Perceived weakness you mean? Sure. Doesn't mean it was really there. What buddy calls weakness, other buddy may call development. Or social progress. Or strength. Or cowardice. Take your pick, there's a lot of preferences out there with no right answer.
And everything gets a backlash. It's the nature of trends.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Perceived weakness you mean? Sure. Doesn't mean it was really there. What buddy calls weakness, other buddy may call development. Or social progress. Or strength. Or cowardice. Take your pick, there's a lot of preferences out there with no right answer.And everything gets a backlash. It's the nature of trends.
Backlash is the nature of trends, but most of these trends don't have the type of impact this potentially did.
I was reading an interesting article about why some of the identity politics failed. It talked about how some women were just rolling their eyes at how up in arms some women were over Trump's audio tapes.
It actually went so far as to say that kind of identity politics is dead.
Meh, there's not much to this one. A bunch of college kids who found an easy way to postpone their exams. My high school did the same thing when we "joined" the teachers during a strike.
But for the protests in general? They're not dangerous, they're useful. The people peacefully voicing their opinion and discontent. That's wonderful. The rioters on the other hand just suck balls. They're kinda like the college kids, just 100x worse--assholes who just want an excuse to be violent assholes.