People in the USA are more sensitive than ever, this goes for Conservatives and Liberals. We are living in a society where you cannot say shit to anyone anymore. Let me stress that EVERYONE is to blame for this, even the people who supposedly tell it like it is and are anti PC are guilty of this bullshit.
Two weeks ago a friend of mine was at a gas station outside of his town, he asked a guy a question about a local restaurant and the guy told him "I don't talk to guys." While my friend wanted to bash the guys skull in he simply told the guy thanks for nothing and went about his way.
Great post!! I like your point about everyone being to blame for this. It's funny how when it comes to bashing American capitalism the most, who is doing that? American capitalists who produce movies and news which propagate that view! Such a contradiction would be hilarious to me if not for the fact that it has the very real effect of diminishing the freedom which I wish for my children to enjoy.
As for the oversensitivity crowd, it is a crowd that includes everyone as you said. As I said, knowing what it's like to be a person who is perceived as being gay, I'm here to say that it really isn't that bad. Sexuality is simply a private affair for most people and not something
anyone really wants to talk about very openly, gay or straight. I find that people just wish to keep that subject to themselves for the most part. So to make this out to be a gay thing is not accurate. If anything, people are sexual-phobic.
I think it is extremely damaging to constantly tell homosexuals that they are the victims of "society" when in reality they are for the most part just lonely due to the very small dating pool they have access to and in many ways self-hating because they would like to be heterosexual.
The best way I can put myself in the shoes of a homosexual is to imagine a world where 90% of women were lesbians. Imagine falling in love and knowing that it can't go anywhere? Compound this with a media who constantly tells homosexuals that they are "oppressed" by straight people [when in reality most straight people are just minding their own business] and it's no wonder so many gay people actually believe it to be true.
