Thin skinned college students...

[flaggerphil]

Originally Posted by Bob Womack

Hmmm...

Bob

My 21 year old granddaughter is in the Navy and my 26 year old nephew is in the Air Force in the middle east.

Gotta be careful of those wide paint brushes...

[Bob Womack]

Originally Posted by flaggerphil

My 21 year old granddaughter is in the Navy and my 26 year old nephew is in the Air Force in the middle east.

Gotta be careful of those wide paint brushes...

And both my sons are civil service Navy.

Bob

[GraceMusik]

Originally Posted by flaggerphil

My 21 year old granddaughter is in the Navy and my 26 year old nephew is in the Air Force in the middle east.

Gotta be careful of those wide paint brushes...

I fail to see in that graphic where it contains the phrase "all 18-20 year olds."

The point is to contrast the difference between two drastically different mindsets among young people. Of course that difference exists today as well. In fact, the two mindsets grow increasingly disparate, which is why I think the graphic alludes to two different generations of young people to exaggerate how far we've come in coddling. I've found that people on this forum will pick anything apart in order to criticize it. But I can appreciate what the graphic is saying in general, and will leave the nit-picking to those who care about such gnat-straining.

[Fatstrat]

Originally Posted by Otterhound

I would like to believe that these administrators simply thought that the entire thing just wasn't worth the BS and simply moved on .

Interesting point. But I believe it more accurately and pointedly is a case of there not being any use in attempting a defense. This is a case of the radicals in charge of our school of higher indoctrination do "their jobs" too well. And producing a generation of uber radicals.
They know the rules well because they taught them. Once the racist accusation card is thrown, the die is cast. Innocence is not a defense that will even be considered.

[Otterhound]

Originally Posted by Fatstrat

Interesting point. But I believe it more accurately and pointedly is a case of there not being any use in attempting a defense. This is a case of the radicals in charge of our school of higher indoctrination do "their jobs" too well. And producing a generation of uber radicals.
They know the rules well because they taught them. Once the racist accusation card is thrown, the die is cast. Innocence is not a defense that will even be considered.

There is a defense .
Simply state that you cannot discriminate racially because you hate everyone equally .
You are correct in what you point out as the likely reasoning . I just happen to be a bit of an optimist .

[Twelvefret]

Originally Posted by GraceMusik

I fail to see in that graphic where it contains the phrase "all 18-20 year olds."

The point is to contrast the difference between two drastically different mindsets among young people. Of course that difference exists today as well. In fact, the two mindsets grow increasingly disparate, which is why I think the graphic alludes to two different generations of young people to exaggerate how far we've come in coddling. I've found that people on this forum will pick anything apart in order to criticize it. But I can appreciate what the graphic is saying in general, and will leave the nit-picking to those who care about such gnat-straining.

Aren't you doing a little picking apart yourself.

WW2 and later wars are very different from how they were started. Few Americans now believe that most of the post WW2 wars were warranted.

American parents and their children are able also to see the "chicken hawks", those that talk war but do not have to fight or send their own to actually defend the nation, and want nothing to do with war.

[mc1]

Originally Posted by GraceMusik

I fail to see in that graphic where it contains the phrase "all 18-20 year olds."

The point is to contrast the difference between two drastically different mindsets among young people. Of course that difference exists today as well. In fact, the two mindsets grow increasingly disparate, which is why I think the graphic alludes to two different generations of young people to exaggerate how far we've come in coddling. I've found that people on this forum will pick anything apart in order to criticize it. But I can appreciate what the graphic is saying in general, and will leave the nit-picking to those who care about such gnat-straining.

personally, i love the subtle way the graphic shows it's all the lefties fault.

i also kind of want to say that 18-20 years old living today have numerous things to avoid and overcome that weren't even imagined in 1944.

one could make a similar graphic showing just how much simpler 18-20 year olds had it back then.

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by buddyhu

"There are few things in this world which it is worthwhile to get angry about, and they are just the things anger will not improve." - Henry Jarvis Raymond

"You should never argue with a crazy man" - Billy Joel

I like that one better...

[GHS]

Originally Posted by flaggerphil

No, no...it's whining.

This is an example of passive aggressive behaviour. Find a post about five pages back, (which was not a response to the person here anyway), re post it in an attempt to get a defensive reaction. Nice try.

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by mc1

personally, i love the subtle way the graphic shows it's all the lefties fault.

i also kind of want to say that 18-20 years old living today have numerous things to avoid and overcome that weren't even imagined in 1944.

one could make a similar graphic showing just how much simpler 18-20 year olds had it back then.

Actually, Hitler claimed he was not afraid of the USA entering World War II because America's young people had been coddled then. It turns out that America's youth in 1942-45 proved that they were made of sterner stuff. Today's youth has its own toughness, as well; they have shown that in recent wars. I feel pretty certain that today's youth will rise to the challenges in front of them.

- Glenn

[GHS]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

Actually, Hitler claimed he was not afraid of the USA entering World War II because America's young people had been coddled then. It turns out that America's youth in 1942-45 proved that they were made of sterner stuff. Today's youth has its own toughness, as well; they have shown that in recent wars. I feel pretty certain that today's youth will rise to the challenges in front of them.

- Glenn

Each generation has resin to the challenge when called upon. I think we are in pretty good hands with most.

[GraceMusik]

Originally Posted by Twelvefret

Aren't you doing a little picking apart yourself.

No............

[RustyZombie]

I have to admit that I'm enjoying the several flavors irony in this thread.

[ewalling]

The graphic is a typical example of slimy propaganda. It takes something that the creator wishes to trash - liberal intellectual nonsense about people trying to be sensitive to each other's concerns and to get along - and sets it in contrast to an image that s/he believes is inviolable - the all-action, patriotic American hero defying the jaws of death to fight the good fight. In this way, the target of contempt becomes constructed as an enemy of patriotism, courage, and raw old-fashioned goodness.

[GraceMusik]

Originally Posted by ewalling

The graphic is a typical example of slimy propaganda. It takes something that the creator wishes to trash - liberal intellectual nonsense about people trying to be sensitive to each other's concerns and to get along - and sets it in contrast to an image that s/he believes is inviolable - the all-action, patriotic American hero defying the jaws of death to fight the good fight. In this way, the target of contempt becomes constructed as an enemy of patriotism, courage, and raw old-fashioned goodness.

Some people interpret so many things as "offensive" that they're sure not to get along with anyone who is not lock-step with their mindset. Increasingly, "sensitive to my concerns" is actually substituted for what is really meant: "you need to either agree with me or you can't voice your opinion (without being labeled a "bigot," "hater," "intolerant," etc.)"