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For bitter folks who are of an older generation, I'd be inclined to agree that loss of control (or no longer being put on a societal pedestal after decades of having been). I've touched on that aspect several times with regards to conservative Christians claiming "war on Christmas" when other holidays apart from their own are being acknowledged by retail outlets.What they are reacting to is a loss of "control", not "capital". They are being forced to react to a (negatively in their view) changing world, and are taking their frustrations out on the people who they view as the cause.
However, for people in the 16-25 demographic, they never really had any "control" to begin with...at least not on an institutional level.
I'm not saying they're comparable if we're keeping a multi-generational tally of "who's had it worse" throughout history. We all know the answer to that.mean if you're really willing to compare people who go through overt racism of the past centuries to living in the US and being a white conservative Christian cisgender male I suggest a few history lessons.
I can certainly understand how people become hateful, but I certainly don't have to condone it, certainly not, for the "plight" of the modern white, conservative, Christian cisgender male.
I'm saying that if a 22 year old young Black man has spent the last 10 years being called racist names, and unfairly being tailed at the mall by security, treated horribly at traffic stops, etc... It's understandable why he'd develop a chip on his shoulder.
I'm just simply also acknowledging that if a 22 year old young White dude has spent the last 10 years being told that his existence is "toxic", that his membership in a certain religious group him made him a default "bigot", and having people call him an "incel"... His "chip on the shoulder" is going to be understandable as well.
Some of that could be "learned behavior" that's picked up at home... But I don't think that every tiki-torch wielding alt-righter that showed up at Charlottesville is the product of far-right parenting.
I was fortunate enough to be a Gen X'er where life was quite a bit easier to navigate during my teens and early and didn't have so many rules to follow in order to maintain a functioning social life. I can't even remember having partisan discussions with other people my age when I was in my teens and early 20's, and none of my peers even cared who my parents voted for. About as political as it got was a few random bands writing an anti-Bush song.And I would agree with you on those issues. Who you date is one of the areas where you have full choice, and people don't really have a right to criticize, because you're not in my opinion capable of controlling who you are attracted to.
We've had discussions in the past though so I am quite sure you are capable of defending yourself when the left makes problematic arguments at you. If you feel for the folks who have the problem of dealing with the world on these issues, try to teach them to calmly stand up for themselves with reason and logic.
I don't think people in their teens and early 20's have that luxury now.
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