When we turn 5, we take the training wheels off of our bikes.
When we turn 16, we drive on real roads with real dangers.
When we turn 18, we move out into the “real world.”
Wait a second, this isn’t the real world.
This a world covered in cushions and safety nets. In this world, we are accused of using a different kind of training wheel on a different kind of bike.
Political correctness has become a given – when we speak to each other, we are expected to not offend the person we are speaking to.
According to an article in the Atlantic, comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock have been quoted saying their college-age audiences have become too “politically correct” to find their acts funny anymore.
Well, of course. Comedy evolves as all other societal norms do, and over time, what was funny before falls out of style.
Race stereotype jokes, effeminate gay voices, and slut-shaming are no longer crowd favorites because comedy that belittles subcultural groups is no longer considered to be funny.
Younger generations are now exposed to the oppression and criminalization of whole groups of people in the media, and they are becoming more aware of how unfairly some groups are treated.
So, no, the Feminazi jokes aren’t funny anymore because it is 2017, and women are still struggling to get equal pay.
The comedy has become not funny at all, and now Americans are offended by what used to be considered a joke.
In fact, according to a Pew Research Center study, 39 percent of Americans ask that people be more careful to not offend others with politically incorrect language.
We have earned ourselves the stereotype of being “Snowflakes,” or, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, millennials who are convinced they are too special to face the trials of adulthood.
In this case, the trials of adulthood include being exposed to racism and sexism, which is difficult to do when the media and social media show how the “-ism’s” affect real people with real feelings.
However, some may argue being politically correct recently has taken a new meaning and has actually hindered conversation and development.
In the same Pew Research Study, 59 percent of Americans believe too many people are too easily offended by others’ language.
And to a certain extent, it makes sense.
We have gotten to a point where they censor and correct others so much that they are actually hindering their own abilities to grow.
For example, Oxford University in England has started issuing trigger warnings before lectures about criminal cases involving rape or murder, but those same students may fail to realize that a lawyer learns how to do their job by attending lectures that test triggers.
While being PC helps control the spread of institutionalized bias, there is a certain point where today’s Snowflakes could probably do without the training wheels.
When we turn 16, we drive on real roads with real dangers.
When we turn 18, we move out into the “real world.”
Wait a second, this isn’t the real world.
This a world covered in cushions and safety nets. In this world, we are accused of using a different kind of training wheel on a different kind of bike.
Political correctness has become a given – when we speak to each other, we are expected to not offend the person we are speaking to.
According to an article in the Atlantic, comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock have been quoted saying their college-age audiences have become too “politically correct” to find their acts funny anymore.
Well, of course. Comedy evolves as all other societal norms do, and over time, what was funny before falls out of style.
Race stereotype jokes, effeminate gay voices, and slut-shaming are no longer crowd favorites because comedy that belittles subcultural groups is no longer considered to be funny.
Younger generations are now exposed to the oppression and criminalization of whole groups of people in the media, and they are becoming more aware of how unfairly some groups are treated.
So, no, the Feminazi jokes aren’t funny anymore because it is 2017, and women are still struggling to get equal pay.
The comedy has become not funny at all, and now Americans are offended by what used to be considered a joke.
In fact, according to a Pew Research Center study, 39 percent of Americans ask that people be more careful to not offend others with politically incorrect language.
We have earned ourselves the stereotype of being “Snowflakes,” or, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, millennials who are convinced they are too special to face the trials of adulthood.
In this case, the trials of adulthood include being exposed to racism and sexism, which is difficult to do when the media and social media show how the “-ism’s” affect real people with real feelings.
However, some may argue being politically correct recently has taken a new meaning and has actually hindered conversation and development.
In the same Pew Research Study, 59 percent of Americans believe too many people are too easily offended by others’ language.
And to a certain extent, it makes sense.
We have gotten to a point where they censor and correct others so much that they are actually hindering their own abilities to grow.
For example, Oxford University in England has started issuing trigger warnings before lectures about criminal cases involving rape or murder, but those same students may fail to realize that a lawyer learns how to do their job by attending lectures that test triggers.
While being PC helps control the spread of institutionalized bias, there is a certain point where today’s Snowflakes could probably do without the training wheels.