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Nope. I will, entirely unironically, draw from a recent reddit post on this: "Announcing 'I'm offended' is basically telling the world you can't control your
by redthrowaway 15y ago
Nope. I will, entirely unironically, draw from a recent reddit post on this:
"Announcing 'I'm offended' is basically telling the world you can't control your emotions, so everyone else should do it for you."[1]
There are legitimate sources of offense, but "bro, you're totally harshing on frats" is not one of them.
[1]http://i.imgur.com/LQGwx.png http://i.imgur.com/LQGwx.png
- ckwang 15y agoI'm curious as to why you feel that way. Why is "harshing on frats" as you put it not a negative act? Also, how does the reddit post not apply to the original issue here?
- redthrowaway 15y agoBecause frats are not a put upon minority, or any segment of society that deserves our contrition and respect. They're drunken twenty-something white guys whose primary concern is how to be drunker and whiter and twenty-somethinger. They are an outgrowth of an otherwise useful function (university), not useful in and of themselves. The reddit post is applicable because it is a rejoinder to those who claim offense at that which cannot reasonably be claimed to cause real offense to those for whom such a thing matters.
- delinka 15y agoHow do you not see the irony here? "They're drunken twenty-something white guys whose primary concern is..." <--- Stereotyping. Generalizations. Right here. In your comment. There are fraternities and sororities whose members are not all "twenty-something white guys" and whose efforts are worthwhile. Do a smattering of research and you'll discover this.