@Sieve70 Hey, Sieve, there are many words I would like to strike from our vocabulary but the one I find truly troubling is the word "snowflake" used in a derogatory term to people.
The history of this word is a truly horrifying time in our history that should NEVER be repeated.
Please excuse me Ohr but I feel this has to be said. A snowflake was used to describe the ashes of the people being burned during WWII by the town's nearest the concentration camps. /1
@Desmblake @kel @Kronykal @Sieve70 I didn't know this - thank you for making me wiser. Puts things in a much different light, especially since its so casually used in the media as well. Wish they'd educate themselves and avoid it
@Desmblake When people deride others as snowflakes, the ashen remains of cremated genocide are not part of their thinking. There may be a Nazi asshole or two that think along those lines, but most people certainly don't.
I can appreciate the effort to be sensitive about terms like this, but I honestly think that conflating them with their worst possible meaning is counterproductive. @Kronykal @Sieve70 @heartshunter
@kel then where did it come from if not a previous comment made that was later adopted by those wanting them to feel less. The meaning is still there, now people need to know the history.
I dont agree with calling or labeling people, we are all trying to live our lives the best we can regardless of our believes, experiences and hardships. I just wish this woud stop, this word has been thrown around too much.
@Desmblake The simplest explanation is that snowflakes are delicate and easily melted.
The flip side is that citing the Nazi use of the term inherently frames anyone who derides others as snowflakes as being aligned with Nazis. That's what makes it counterproductive to cite the worst context.
I don't get offended at people who call others snowflakes. Most of the time, anyone using that as a denigrating insult is making themselves look just so. @VayehiOhr @Kronykal @Sieve70 @heartshunter
@kel @heartshunter @Sieve70 @Kronykal @VayehiOhr @Desmblake There's a few other terms I'd like to stop seeing used as a pejorative... in no particular order.
Jew- as in "jewed them down to get a good deal." (self-explanatory)
gay- "Ballet is so GAY". (also self-explanatory)
Gyp or Gip- "Man, I got gipped on that deal after all." (Gypsies -- Romany or otherwise --did NOTHING and do not deserve this reputation)
SJW - As if being aware of social justice and wanting to help is ever bad?
@Heucuva8 @Desmblake @VayehiOhr @Kronykal @Sieve70 @heartshunter @kel
You know what word has no politics?
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@ucantstop_me @kel @heartshunter @Sieve70 @Kronykal @VayehiOhr @Desmblake @Heucuva8
I think love is ridiculously political. LOL
It will send people into a rage depending on the context.
@espyonage Yes, politicians try to use it to further their own agenda's, however it often just isn't all that effective, love often just overcomes race, religious, sex, political ideology divides - people generally become very accepting these differences when they love others
@heartshunter Yes absolutely but how many from all political spectrums separate their beliefs from what they believe love to be and personal interactions with others? It's a crazy thing this love.
@ucantstop_me Also, "bananas." @heartshunter @Sieve70 @Kronykal @VayehiOhr @Desmblake @Heucuva8