Snowflakes

It's a struggle to be a part of the social debate today because you really have to think both two or more times about each statement you make in order not to unknowingly offend anyone.

One must also take into account that the statement cannot be regarded as the least racist, homophobic, islamophobic, antisemitic, sexist, misogynist or otherwise offensive to any individual, gender, grouping or religion, and if one has something critical to say one must absolutely not generalize.

We have become the easily offended and overly-emotional people, aka snowflakes. Some may prefer to call ourselves the conscious and politically correct people, but anyhow, benevolence and righteousness can easily go to exaggeration and instead turn into absurdities. 

If we do not distinguish between deliberate violations and just thoughtless words, the conversation climate becomes unbearable. That being said, I do not mean that the unintentional violations may pass unnoticed, but the sender should not be arbitrarily and automatically considered as a supporter of any of the above -isms, which many unfortunately tend to do.

It would be a great failure for the free debate not to dare to express their views for fear of sporadic and accidental thoughtless words in the heat of the discussion.

And remember, it is always possible to rectify things with an honest apology.

xoxo