TRIGGER WARNING!! - MAY UPSET THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DOG TRAINED TO BE OVER SENSITIVE.

Recently I watched students surround a respected professor at Yale demanding an apology from him for endorsing Halloween, and suggesting that those offended by some peoples costumes should merely turn away.

The professor calmly tried to explain his position which was essentially based in inclusivity, but this induced what can only be described as a hysterical screaming panic attack in one intense young woman, whose words of venomous condemnation evoked a round of "jazz hands" applause from the zombified crowd. Just to be clear "jazz hands" is basically clicking ones fingers instead of clapping to show appreciation, so as not to induce anxiety in others...

This is just one example of the weird and darkly ironic authoritarian behaviour of the new cult of modern liberalism being installed and encouraged in the young.

Does anyone else think there is something unsavoury and dubious going on, and that the world is essentially going mad??

Blacksword wrote: Recently I watched students surround a respected professor at Yale demanding an apology from him for endorsing Halloween, and suggesting that those offended by some peoples costumes should merely turn away.

Oh, you mean if I show up as JFK with a bullethole in my forehead, those kids are gonna grill me? ...

^^^ I agree in principle.

Some of these people need to look up the actual definition of liberal, but then again I don't know if they actually do regard themselves as liberal, or just self appointed moral guardians.

I'm not sure where it all comes from but I suspect a combination of 'hands off' 'liberal' parenting without boundaries, and the generation of me me me is to blame.

There is this awful woman on one of your news channels. I can't remember her name (Melissa something..?) Who is a complete faux liberal ghoul. She recently jumped down some guys throat live on air because he referred to some democrat potential presidential hopeful as 'hard working' She said she agreed he was a strong candidate but it was wrong to call him hard working because he didn't work hard compared to black people working in cotton fields 150 years ago or whatever. She spoke with that same kind of hysterical, breathless timbre you here the girl at Yale squawking in, as if she was desperately replaying some script she had read over and over.

I'm growing just as weary of faux liberal zombies as I am of right wing lunatics. They all deserve each other.

I believe this type of thinking is put into children's heads as early as elementary school.

It's disgusting. It's sad to be associated with these completely un-liberal people who just use that term to feel good about themselves for being upset about everything and feeling entitled to everything. The same when "liberals" who prefer to stop free speech because it might offend someone. I am not that type. 

TeleStrat wrote: I believe this type of thinking is put into children's heads as early as elementary school. This new form of liberalism doesn't come from the students, it comes from school boards and school districts. By the time they get to college most of them are completely programmed.

Blacksword wrote: TRIGGER WARNING!! - MAY UPSET THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DOG TRAINED TO BE OVER SENSITIVE. Recently I watched students surround a respected professor at Yale demanding an apology from him for endorsing Halloween, and suggesting that those offended by some peoples costumes should merely turn away. The professor calmly tried to explain his position which was essentially based in inclusivity, but this induced what can only be described as a hysterical screaming panic attack in one intense young woman, whose words of venomous condemnation evoked a round of "jazz hands" applause from the zombified crowd. Just to be clear "jazz hands" is basically clicking ones fingers instead of clapping to show appreciation, so as not to induce anxiety in others... This is just one example of the weird and darkly ironic authoritarian behaviour of the new cult of modern liberalism being installed and encouraged in the young. Does anyone else think there is something unsavoury and dubious going on, and that the world is essentially going mad??

Maybe I am dumb, but I don't see any liberalism in this, neither genuine nor faux.

To quote from Wikipedia:

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Liberalism is a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality.^[1] The former principle is stressed in classical liberalism while the latter is more evident in social liberalism.^[2] Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas and programs such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, free markets, civil rights, democratic societies, secular governments, and international cooperation

Now where is any of this in the example, genuine or faux?

The T wrote: Here in the US sadly you get to call yourself liberal if you can get sufficiently upset about something and post it on youtube or twitter these days...

Indeed.  Our current biggest outrage is the color of a coffee cup.  It's hard not to feel that this society is ultimately doomed.

As always, I blame the parents first. This is the first of the spoiled, unrealistic "everyone gets a trophy" generations which we now have to contend with. They've been taught that the world favors them and that everything should be fair and how they demand things to be so they don't have to deal with icky, bad things. They're all finally of the age where their voices can be heard. Blech.