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Home Front: Culture Wars
The Care and Feeding of Weaponized Outrage
2015-11-14
[Town Hall] Watching the zoo unleashed on the University of Missouri campus, reminds one of the opening line of that oft-played song--"Feelings, nothing more than feelings..." We're watching the sickness of the sensitivity movement come to bloom on America's campuses in the form of unbridled intolerance. If your sensitivities are ruffled, if there's a hint of attack, or if I just don't like what you have to say, shut up or I'll have you removed, fired, or shamed into silence!

On far too many campuses, those "offended" now have a license to attack without consequence. Even worse--they're getting their way!

This is the PC culture unchained, and the schools and administrators who have cultivated it are reaping the rewards--chaotic demonstrations, personal attacks, and unending demands!

This growing grievance industry is being rewarded and the media is weaponizing their message. There are campaigns to stop bullying. We need a campaign to stop these narcissistic, spoiled bullies from controlling our college campuses. It's time for administrators and coaches to exercise leadership instead of giving in to the demonstrators' irresponsible demands.

Mizzou Protestor: "I'm tired of the lst Amendment."
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  The romanticization of "The 60's" that, supposedly, gave a bored and coddled generation "purpose" has given life to a malignant and dangerous successor.

Self-hating and guilt-laden sub-ministers of propaganda spew to a receptive and extorted ("If you don't feed this back to me exactly as I like it, you get a crap grade.") audience having way too much time on their hands.

The soft-science discipline students are realizing their participation trophy degrees will not bring enough "ching" in the market economy to achieve their promised lifestyles, to say nothing of paying off their loans. How many Starbucks' must be opened to absorb the glut?

I just don't know, at this point, how, or even if, it can be fixed.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2015-11-14 23:23  

#7  Breast feeding through puberty has some pretty bad side effects.
Posted by: Capsu 78   2015-11-14 20:40  

#6  The proto fascist will always seek to solidify its position before moving on to infect the body of civil society by first devouring the liberal parent that birthed it, nurtured and trained it as that liberal parent is also its most immediate threat. At least, that was the model for how most 20th century tyrranies were born
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2015-11-14 11:00  

#5  The self declare they are against freedom. Helpful in the long run...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2015-11-14 10:07  

#4  You tell a young person he or she is a victim long enough [college level ethnic studies], they will eventually come to believe it. If the gov't provides that young person 'free stuff' you reinforce the belief. If you permit the jailed felon to walk free from prison because he was harshly treated by the court system, you reinforce the victim status even further.

Yes, who are we that we should now be surprised? Thank you, I'm glad you asked. We are the NEW victims, as planned.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-11-14 09:32  

#3  The left fostered and nurtured these movements; now the chickens are coming home to roost. The problem is the old left has become the target of the new left movements which they fostered. The word "schadenfreude" comes to mind for some reason.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-11-14 09:24  

#2  Basement Dwellers United (BDU).
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-11-14 09:20  

#1  The "Mommy's Skirt" movement.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-11-14 09:08  

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