The left has made it impossible to be certain of the effect of one’s words. No longer can we be sure that a “good morning, girls” greeting will be a greeting for the young females in the room. We have to be thinking about each word we say, “good” - is that going to offend bad people?”, “morning” - is that going to make some people feel bad that their mornings are miserable?, “girls” will the boys who think they are girls be offended? what about the girls who think they are boys? Is girls a demeaning term used by evil male patriarchs to put women down? Should we be worried that we will offend some people by using a sentence with proper grammar? You know - those people who are allowed to speak gutter talk and still get promoted?
They have erected traps in every sentence, at every word, at every comma and period. Your intention doesn’t matter. If you don’t know that a word that you have used since childhood is now racist/sexist/homophobe/trannyphobe that’s your problem! You should know that both “ladies” and “ma’am” are now punishable by firing and/or arrest? even if they were perfectly OK 10 years ago. Tough! The rules have changed, and you are guilty with no recourse.
I kick the traps, and them challenge them to a dual.
Precisely! NOT! I am not responsible for your feelings. You are! If my words offend you are permitted to ignore me. You may not require my speech to be other than that which I intend. I have every right to offend whether intentional or not.
The only thing that surprises me is how much we tolerate this insanity.