The insane social justice thread

[eldirector]

Closing all those mental institutions back in the 80's and 90's has certainly had an impact.

 

[actaeon277]

Bring on the meteor.

People with way too much time on their hands, and not enough real stuff to worry about.

 

[actaeon277]

Forbes Welcome
A Public University Makes Students Choose Between Their First Amendment Rights And Graduation

...a student can be guilty of “harassment” just because someone else doesn’t think what he said has a “constructive purpose,” is “unacceptable,” or wasn’t really “necessary.”

 

[Bill of Rights]

Can't read the article without whitelisting on adblock. They can go inhale vigorously on a bag of male members.

Forbes Welcome
A Public University Makes Students Choose Between Their First Amendment Rights And Graduation

...a student can be guilty of “harassment” just because someone else doesn’t think what he said has a “constructive purpose,” is “unacceptable,” or wasn’t really “necessary.”

 

[OakRiver]

Bring on the meteor.

I think that we should all take a moment and just look at the lady's face. A picture truly is worth more than a thousand words.

 

[OakRiver]

 

[actaeon277]

 

[Shalashaska]

All this social justice nonsense seems so recent. I don't remember having anything like that in my college days, and I only graduated back in '13. Maybe going to a small, private catholic school had something to do with that. Didn't see much of it at law school either, but they tended to be a more conservative crowd.

 

[BogWalker]

All this social justice nonsense seems so recent. I don't remember having anything like that in my college days, and I only graduated back in '13. Maybe going to a small, private catholic school had something to do with that. Didn't see much of it at law school either, but they tended to be a more conservative crowd.

I don't remember much of it at all 5-6 years ago. It really has picked up.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I don't remember much of it at all 5-6 years ago. It really has picked up.

Back when I was in high school, over a decade now... they were starting on the "harassment" nonsense. Back then, they said holding the door for girls was sexual harassment, and said we'd be punished for it.

I, being the polite mother****er I am, continued to do so and ignored that bull****.

Just another slow-boil thing. Introduce more and more of this crap until it's normal.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I remember being a senior in college, way back in 1984, when I first heard of "political correctness" being talked about.

We mocked it then, too.

 

[actaeon277]

Back when I was in high school, over a decade now... they were starting on the "harassment" nonsense. Back then, they said holding the door for girls was sexual harassment, and said we'd be punished for it.

I, being the polite mother****er I am, continued to do so and ignored that bull****.

Just another slow-boil thing. Introduce more and more of this crap until it's normal.

In the 70s a woman read me the riot act for holding the door for her. She was "Perfectly Capable of Holding the Door HERSELF!".
Then, my mother read her the riot act.
Stuff about that was the way her son was raised, and he will continue to do so.

 

[actaeon277]

Study Finds Trump Supporters MORE Tolerant Than Hillary Supporters

The title is ..Lena Dunham: Extinction of White Men Would Lead to ‘Evolution of Better Men…’
I don't know why it says anything about "Trump Supporters"

 

[actaeon277]

A woman writes telling SJWs that women do actually love men for ... being men.

Screw Off, Feminists: An Open Letter To Men From A Real Woman

 

[actaeon277]

I remember being a senior in college, way back in 1984, when I first heard of "political correctness" being talked about.

We mocked it then, too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCU_(film)

 

[jamil]

Back when I was in high school, over a decade now... they were starting on the "harassment" nonsense. Back then, they said holding the door for girls was sexual harassment, and said we'd be punished for it.

I, being the polite mother****er I am, continued to do so and ignored that bull****.

Just another slow-boil thing. Introduce more and more of this crap until it's normal.

Back in the mid 80s I worked for a defense contractor. The security door to get in had a pretty heavy pull, and could close on its own pretty quickly to ensure it would latch. One day I heard someone behind me and as was my custom, I held the door for her before I knew it was a "her". She scolded me for it. "I can get my own door. After all this IS the 80s."

I thought what a snooty *****! But me being young and her being older, I didn't get too pissy with her. I said something to the effect of, "Sorry, I didn't hold the door for you because you're a woman. I held the door for you because it's impolite to let it slam in someone's face." Now, I would add, "But from now on, I'll look before I hold the door, and if it's you, I'll abide by your wishes let the door flatten that nose." She had a hawk beak.

 

[Hookeye]

Turn that buzzard into a goldfinch.

 

[eldirector]

Several of the "women's lib" folks I knew from my young-adulthood are now either divorced or that "single cat lady". I wonder if that is a coincidence?

I still hold doors. My being polite has nothing to do with their personal beliefs.

 

[jamil]

Several of the "women's lib" folks I knew from my young-adulthood are now either divorced or that "single cat lady". I wonder if that is a coincidence?

I still hold doors. My being polite has nothing to do with their personal beliefs.

Agreed. I still hold doors. It is a courtesy, not an act of condescension. And everyone I've held a door for the last 30 years has thanked me, which is the polite response to a polite action.

 

[Bill of Rights]

In the 70s a woman read me the riot act for holding the door for her. She was "Perfectly Capable of Holding the Door HERSELF!".
Then, my mother read her the riot act.
Stuff about that was the way her son was raised, and he will continue to do so.

Mine would not have ever "read someone the riot act" over that. She did, on a couple of occasions when I was growing up, but over more serious things. Today, I'll reply that I don't hold the door "for a lady", but rather for anyone. It is, as stated upthread, good manners. I might or might not add that good manners are sadly, in short supply these days, because:

Agreed. I still hold doors. It is a courtesy, not an act of condescension. And everyone I've held a door for the last 30 years has thanked me, which is the polite response to a polite action.

this^^

The proper response to someone doing you a courtesy is simply to say "Thank you."

How sad that so many people do not seem to have learned this.

Blessings,
Bill