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The 18C provision of the Australian Racial Discrimination Act he mentions was brought in in 1995, a little early for the "millennials" he wants to decry. Nor do
by bbctol 10y ago
The 18C provision of the Australian Racial Discrimination Act he mentions was brought in in 1995, a little early for the "millennials" he wants to decry. Nor does someone walking out of a speech strike me as even tangentially linked to censorship--it seems quite the opposite, yielding a space to someone else because you don't want to either be there silently or interrupt and argue. Yeah, maybe the left would be better off if the young had a more nuanced view of privilege and controversy, but we'd sure as hell be better off if the older generation could contain themselves when making any criticism and stick to reasonable, evidence-based discourse, not a condescending string of random criticisms towards them dang kids.
- Veen 10y ago> a little early for the "millennials" he wants to decry. The author is a woman.
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- etjossem 10y agoTo be fair, NYT op-ed has a long and storied history of middle-aged white dudes writing about kids these days. Easy mistake.
- Veen 10y agoWhat's wrong with older, more experienced people expressing an opinion about the politics and behavior of younger, inexperienced people. Seems like a reversal of common sense to assert that elders have nothing to say to or about the generations that come after them.