"Current year" terms that piss you off

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ToroidalBoat dijo:
"Hate crime" itself reeks of identity politics. Prosecute it as whatever the actual crime was, instead of trying to promote divisiveness by making it about identity.
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Although I didn't list it because the phrase has been around for a long time, I'll agree with @ToroidalBoat that "hate crime" is one of many loaded phrases whose intent is solely to be divisive and put more focus on the victim than the crime itself.

Someone that hates other people so much to actively seek them out to commit a crime against them sounds more like a premeditated crime that should be approached and prosecuted as such when appropriate. It shouldn't matter what provoked the premeditated decision - age, race, gender identity, color of the person's car, etc.

Safir dijo:
The same goes for "hate incident". A hate crime is a crime motivated by hate. Behaviour that does not constitute a crime in the first place cannot be upgraded to a crime when a tard who "felt unsafe" "identifies" as a minority. Was it robbery? Assault? Trespassing? Vandalism? Oh, someone wore makeup in a public place. Oh my goodness. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims.
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Unfortunately, some people think hurt feelings should be actionable. My city is one that has passed a Human Rights ordinance that does just that. While the initial desire to offer local anti-discrimination protection to the LGBTetc community might be well-intentioned -- especially in addressing factors not addressed on the state or Federal level -- the ordinance goes further to protect people on the basis of stuff such as:
(R)ace, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, height, weight, condition of pregnancy, marital status, physical or mental limitation, source of income, family responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status.
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Despite exceptions (such as for religious entities), the ordinance further allows people to file a complaint merely if they perceive being discriminated against even if no such discrimination actually happened. Oddly, there haven't been any publicly-reported complaints of discrimination under this ordinance despite its supporters claiming such discrimination was both rampant and unreported enough to the point said ordinance was supposedly necessary.
 
Kiwi Lime Pie dijo:
My city is one that has passed a Human Rights ordinance that does just that.
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There is just so much potential for abuse with that ordinance. Might as well not say anything in public -- assuming that doesn't somehow violate it too.

I'm guessing that just 10 years ago, the officials in your city would have laughed at that law if it were proposed by people whose skin thickness could be measured in picometers. Seems in Current Year, never having your feelings hurt is a "human right."
 
Kiwi Lime Pie dijo:
Although I didn't list it because the phrase has been around for a long time, I'll agree with @ToroidalBoat that "hate crime" is one of many loaded phrases whose intent is solely to be divisive and put more focus on the victim than the crime itself.

Someone that hates other people so much to actively seek them out to commit a crime against them sounds more like a premeditated crime that should be approached and prosecuted as such when appropriate. It shouldn't matter what provoked the premeditated decision - age, race, gender identity, color of the person's car, etc.



Unfortunately, some people think hurt feelings should be actionable. My city is one that has passed a Human Rights ordinance that does just that. While the initial desire to offer local anti-discrimination protection to the LGBTetc community might be well-intentioned -- especially in addressing factors not addressed on the state or Federal level -- the ordinance goes further to protect people on the basis of stuff such as:


Despite exceptions (such as for religious entities), the ordinance further allows people to file a complaint merely if they perceive being discriminated against even if no such discrimination actually happened. Oddly, there haven't been any publicly-reported complaints of discrimination under this ordinance despite its supporters claiming such discrimination was both rampant and unreported enough to the point said ordinance was supposedly necessary.
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That ordinance sounds like it stands on shaky legal ground, tbh (if you're a US Kiwi).
I wouldn't be surprised to see a Supreme Court ruling over hurt feelings legislation coming sometime in the future.
 
ToroidalBoat dijo:
There is just so much potential for abuse with that ordinance. Might as well not say anything in public -- assuming that doesn't somehow violate it too.

I'm guessing that just 10 years ago, the officials in your city would have laughed at that law if it were proposed by people whose skin thickness could be measured in picometers. Seems in Current Year, never having your feelings hurt is a "human right."
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Actually, there was a prior attempt at adopting a city-level anti-LGBTetc Discrimination Ordinance (without the perception portion) that failed partly because voters felt it unnecessary and others voted no in response to pro-ordinance rhetoric stating that anyone who would vote against it was obviously homophobic.

The ordinance that got adopted (with perception being potentially actionable) first got adopted by the City Council itself because the council didn't want to go back to the voters again -- only to see a group successfully launch a petition drive that got enough signatures to put it on the ballot. This was despite a pro-ordinance group's threat to use FOIA or other ballot laws to learn who was signing the petitions. Despite many people's misgivings about the "perceived discrimination" part of the ordinance, it still managed to pass.

QWXXP Surprise! dijo:
That ordinance sounds like it stands on shaky legal ground, tbh (if you're a US Kiwi).
I wouldn't be surprised to see a Supreme Court ruling over hurt feelings legislation coming sometime in the future.
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Two people can be involved in one situation and have different yet valid perceptions of what transpired - which is what makes that part of the ordinance very iffy to me.

IANAL, but someone claiming, "I think I was discriminated against" does seem shaky from a legal point of view where assertions of a crime need to be substantiated with something more concrete than, "I feel wronged, so I must have been, right?"

Then again, my state's new Attorney General wants to start some sort of state-level Hate Crime panel. So, I'm not sure what to think any more (especially having followed the Yaniv thread). *sigh*
 
"Antifa"

Used in the past to actually mention people fighting for the restistance in world war 2.
Now we have soyboys who use it as an excuse for assaulting people who they dont agree with. Asking them what antifa is earns you a shove in the face or just being ignored.

If nazi's are the alt right then Antifa is the alt left.
 
GeneralFriendliness dijo:
I'm not sure if this counts, but clickbait news articles that say "this thing I liked/supported failed... AND THAT'S A GOOD THING!" or "Why people want you out of the way... AND THAT'S A GOOD THING!"

'Patrick Melrose' is the Cumberbatch-iest show ever made - and that's a good thing

Harrison Ford Did Not Attend The 'Solo' Premiere — And That's a Good Thing

He gives ‘Atlanta’ anxiety. And that’s a good thing

'Vikings' Will End After Season 6, And That's A Good Thing

Government funds local news — and that’s a good thing

Fox Has “No Plans” for More X-Files—And That’s a Good Thing (arguably this is a good thing considering the current state of X-Files...)

You're Contagious, And That's A Good Thing



"WE ALL START THIS WAY AND THAT'S A GOOD THING!"

This is the most creatively bankrupt way to start a news article now. Everyone's fucking doing it, but on the bright side, its resulted in some good parody articles. But seriously, when the hell did this become a thing?
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This reminds me of very outdated expressions like "AWESOME" (always yelled and still obnoxiously overused) for anything vaguely pleasant and "It's all good". No it fucking isn't "all good". Pretty sure there was even a rock anthem reassuring us that "it's all good". Just fuck right off Big Brother.

Altera the Hun dijo:
For me it's definitely "sweetie" all I see it ever being used for nowadays is to be a smug condescending cunt when someone calls them out for whatever dumb shit they say
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Usually spelled "sweatie".

ToroidalBoat dijo:
"Self-care" sounds exceptional.
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It's actually "radical self-care" now according to troons who jerk off a lot or 'dominatrixes' like Sadist Hailey at the [redacted: women's] March On Vancouver 2018.

Could we just replace "transplaining" with 'lying'?

"On fleek": not so popular these days but especially exceptional.

Ancient but still considered a 'valid' argument - "Feminists hate men": best DARVO evaar. Even dumber than "toxic masculinity".

"TERF": fucking meaningless term for "I hate you, you bitch ho cunt witch" or "Fucking submit to my LARP". (More evidence the hate is coming from men. Face it or not, the average feminist lives with, loves and cares for men and boys.)

Forgot one: Two thousand and nineteen. FFS we're already nearly 20 years into it, why all the extra words? These guys had it right before the century turned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic
so can we just drop it already, pompous language nerds?

Oops: "transphobic". Self-explanatory really.
 
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"Objective Subjective"
Two once important words, now often used by displeased videogame fans to discredit opinions that they disagree with, creating some of the more boring arguments that you'll ever find.

"Knock on wood"
Surprisingly common phrase used to describe reliable craigslist cars...as if such a thing existed!

"Millennial"
A term mis-used by "journalists" to get easy views, I'm quite tired of it.

"Dopamine addiction"
Another phrase used by gamers, they think it makes them look smart but really it makes them sound robotic, like they've watched too many youtube videos that break down how game addiction works.
 
I'm not sure if it's the terms themselves or the fact that they're used way too often that pisses me off.

Any version of bro, bra, bruh. I'm not your bro, man! Unless we're at a panther meeting and you call me your bro-ther, I don't want to hear it. Especially from strangers.

Lit. In my day this slang term meant being really high on illegal drugs such as coke or brown, maybe even dust. Fortnite is not LIT!

LGBTQ2+LMNOP Are people forgetting the fundamental purpose of an ACRONYM? I was watching some Netflix show and a teenage character said this and I wanted to shoot myself.

Beta/cuck, 95% of the time used by beta males themselves (Ex: Louis Le Vau). If you're perception of men is in terms of beta and alpha males, you're probably very preoccupied and probably more interested in the male sex as a whole. Prior to it's spread as adolescent chide, in some circles cuckoldry is considered the highest level of kink/intellectual sexual gratification. It sounds as insulting to me as calling someone any kind of fetishist.

Admittedly my slang is stuck in the realm of a 1950's-60's beatnik/hippie but I can't take hearin these babies turnin my own beloved slang into jive, ya dig?
 
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Not a term, but I've noticed SJWs like to accuse people of being [some negative buzzword label] just because of a certain trait. It's part of the SJW "tactic" of making up bullshit motives for people they don't like for the sake of "the narrative."

For example, inflation fetishist and misandrist "Tom Preston" insists someone is racist just for wearing a MAGA hat, regardless of the wearer's mentality or intent.
 
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