I want to feel sympathy for Ms. Henley but this is not a phenomenon that sprung Athena-like in the past 18 months.
This has been brewing at least as long as the mid 90s when I was chastised for using the term, “ladies,” and holding the elevator or other door for people who menstruate. I was borish and crude for such patriarchal vulgaritie…
I want to feel sympathy for Ms. Henley but this is not a phenomenon that sprung Athena-like in the past 18 months.
This has been brewing at least as long as the mid 90s when I was chastised for using the term, “ladies,” and holding the elevator or other door for people who menstruate. I was borish and crude for such patriarchal vulgarities.
It only got worse from there.
I say I want to feel sympathy because I do. But part of me thinks that Ms. Henley is reaping what she and those like her have sewn for the last 30 years.
This is the world you demanded. Now you complain that you got what you asked for.
Were you really that obscenely blind?
Do us all a favor and work hard to fix what so many of us struggled against for decades… not 18 stupid months.
I've never been fond of slippery slope arguments, because almost everything can become dangerous when taken to an extreme.
One of the main precepts of Common Sense, as far as I can tell, is the idea that people can and should be able to disagree, including on issues of real significance, without demonizing or attempting to silence the other. The toxicity of the modern progressive left is that it is narrowing the range of acceptable thought to such an absurd degree that mainstream opinions, including those held in some cases by a solid majority of Americans, are increasingly treated as thought-crime that must be suppressed. That doesn't mean that everyone who ever supported--and may well still support--affirmative action or diversity initiatives or criminal justice reform reform is just reaping what they've sown, any more than people who express conservative sentiments or support conservative policies are responsible for the worst excesses of the Republican party.
I want to feel sympathy for Ms. Henley but this is not a phenomenon that sprung Athena-like in the past 18 months.
This has been brewing at least as long as the mid 90s when I was chastised for using the term, “ladies,” and holding the elevator or other door for people who menstruate. I was borish and crude for such patriarchal vulgarities.
It only got worse from there.
I say I want to feel sympathy because I do. But part of me thinks that Ms. Henley is reaping what she and those like her have sewn for the last 30 years.
This is the world you demanded. Now you complain that you got what you asked for.
Were you really that obscenely blind?
Do us all a favor and work hard to fix what so many of us struggled against for decades… not 18 stupid months.
I've never been fond of slippery slope arguments, because almost everything can become dangerous when taken to an extreme.
One of the main precepts of Common Sense, as far as I can tell, is the idea that people can and should be able to disagree, including on issues of real significance, without demonizing or attempting to silence the other. The toxicity of the modern progressive left is that it is narrowing the range of acceptable thought to such an absurd degree that mainstream opinions, including those held in some cases by a solid majority of Americans, are increasingly treated as thought-crime that must be suppressed. That doesn't mean that everyone who ever supported--and may well still support--affirmative action or diversity initiatives or criminal justice reform reform is just reaping what they've sown, any more than people who express conservative sentiments or support conservative policies are responsible for the worst excesses of the Republican party.
One of the problems with slippery slope arguments is that real world practical events evidencing progress from a to b to c are easy to find.
It is fair to be critical of those who watch the house burn without so much as getting a bucket and later complain about the mess.
That said, and again, it was fair to say, I am glad Ms. Henley found her bucket.