I see - I did figure you were implying some version of the sentiment that the backlash to the sins of our culture can make white people feel attacked for being

I see - I did figure you were implying some version of the sentiment that the backlash to the sins of our culture can make white people feel attacked for being white, and young people are especially susceptible to such identity-related negativity that arises from social politics bullshit. It was just hard to form a thought about it without details. Without getting into specifics, I certainly agree that it's a big and real problem. I know how you feel, if not specifically, than at least qualitatively. It makes my blood boil that some people try to erode sympathy for others based on their membership in some broad category, and anti-white and anti-male rhetoric are absolutely a significant part of that genre at present. I think you are making some common missteps though. What I'm about to say sounds like whataboutism, but it's complementary: I have heard the words "I can't wait to kill liberals" (in reference to hypothetical civil violence after Jan 6th) come out of conservatives' mouths (for lack of a more specific word than "conservative"). This attitude is more commonly expressed not as an explicit desire for violence, but as simple hatred (and, relevantly, a mockery of suicide in specific), and, again sticking to personal experience only, has contributed to fear and depression in a couple young people I know. I try not to hold that against conservative ideology. More specifically, what I try not to do is make ominous, sarcastic, or broadly negative implications, nor lament the inconsistency of conservatives as a monolithic group as "conservative hypocrisy". I know, analogies are bad - I am not saying that the problem you're describing is just a liberals vs conservatives thing, nor that there is an equivalent problem with the roles altered or reversed, nor that, even if there were, that we should always bring up one when talking about the other. What I am saying is that it's very tempting to look at extremely broad, immoral generalizations being made by somebody, and use them as an excuse to make our own opposite, lesser generalizations: "nobody gives a shit about young boys", "aggressive societal push ...", "there is a war on white people" (the last one not from you, obviously, but a related example).