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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson hits out at 'snowflake generation' for 'looking for a reason to be offended (Update: The Rock Says Interview Never Happened)
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I don't think the Rock is particularly wrong, but I also think he went on to frame his thought in the incorrect manner.
Social Media has made being offended a sport, that is for sure. The problem isn't people being offended, people have been getting offended since the beginning of time. What the problem is that everyone who is offended expects their specific instance of offense to catered to and dealt with swiftly, and if not they raise even more hell.
Please note that I'm talking about things that are benign and not worth taking offense to. One example off the top of my head was the lady who was offended for all of Hawaiian's because of the Hulu dancer in her Uber drivers vehicle. There are obviously things that ARE offensive and should be dealt with accordingly.
I hope this makes sense.
Social Media has made being offended a sport, that is for sure. The problem isn't people being offended, people have been getting offended since the beginning of time. What the problem is that everyone who is offended expects their specific instance of offense to catered to and dealt with swiftly, and if not they raise even more hell.
Please note that I'm talking about things that are benign and not worth taking offense to. One example off the top of my head was the lady who was offended for all of Hawaiian's because of the Hulu dancer in her Uber drivers vehicle. There are obviously things that ARE offensive and should be dealt with accordingly.
I hope this makes sense.
Oh so apart from using fake evidence and causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people and destabilising an entire region, he is a nice man.
Sorry for asking that he be held accountable and that supposed progressive political leaders don't just ignore this and help rehabilitate his image by praising him and acting in a friendly and jovial fashion whenever in public.
How fucking dare I....
So it's not a generational problem, nor is it a recent phenomenon. Lol
The way you worded this is.... suspect. Why didnt you just say, who didnt vote
You seem... Like like a dismissive arsehole who chose to ignore the very real deaths I brought up just to portray me a a snowflake.
My question from earlier still hasn't been addressed:
Are y'all saying "he's right" taking his quote in context - he specifically says that people looking for something to be offended by are the ones pulling us backwards - or are you ignoring that part?
Are y'all saying "he's right" taking his quote in context - he specifically says that people looking for something to be offended by are the ones pulling us backwards - or are you ignoring that part?
Exactly.
The idea that somehow college campuses and people on social media invented outrage comes from a very specific corner of the right wing media landscape. Same corner that lose their shit when 2 men kiss live on TV, or when Trans women want to use their bathrooms.
Outrage culture is the people who monetize outrage, and signal boost dumb or isolated takes to make strawmen attacks on progressives.
There are certainly people who do the exact same to make strawman attacks on conservatives. Outrage knows no ideological purity.
Hes also never been a confirmed Republican. People assumed he was because he showed up at the RNC a couple decades ago, but Vince was sending wrestlers to both the RNC and DNC, Rock included.
In all recent interviews, hes confirmed he's an independent voter.
Conservatism is based on outrage directed toward the unrelenting march of progress.
Pretty dumb "whatabout" argument right there.
Your first sentence is irrelevant to the reality of outrage peddling. Conservatism is ripe for exploitation in that regard, but that does not mean the left is free from being caught up in a "controversy" that is literally like, 15 tweets.
It's not whataboutism, I'm describing the reality of outrage culture.
Unlike say in the early 20th century where white people would get offended and they'd either lynch children or burn down and murder entire neighbourhoods. Do you know what people did when the US government removed segregation in schools? Are you sure there are more people that easily get offended now? The difference I see is that these so called snowflakes don't appear to have the same body count as previous generations when things offended them.
No, you just made a sarcastic post about how I seem offended, which considering the topic of this thread it's obvious it's in reference to being a snowflake.
I was worried about being warned for insulting you but considering it's clear you aren't arguing in good faith I don't regret it.
Anyway I'm out.
Why do people always accuse me of not arguing in good faith?
In the context of these posts, consider "outrage culture" to be the monitization of "outrage" via click-bait articles.
Notice how people who make these comments never give examples of things people are supposedly outraged over that they have no right to be outraged over?
This doesn't take me by surprise on bit. The Rock always exposed some sort of conservative "bootstrap" mentality so him genuinely thinking that the Snowflake Generation(tm) is looking for ways to be offended is par for the course. Also rightwingers always have those talking points dialed up so
If it happens that often, maybe it is the way you phrase and parse your thoughts.
Lol yup I read that too. Imagine unironically e-screaming at your readers about people being too offended.
You act like being an independent voter is some noble thing. Many of these people are Republican in all but name, and are just too ashamed to label themselves as such. A guy like the Rock, who says and does the things he does sitting out the 2016 election, tells me all I need to know about his political beliefs. Not voting for Hillary was out of ideology, not voting for Trump was out of self interest in his bottom line and brand.
To be honest I feel like the "outrage" and "SJW" culture thing is made up hogwash by the Republicans. Like all of those YouTube videos about SJWs getting mad about shit is stuff you'd never actually see in real life. It's all staged crap. Maybe I'm a loon for believing this but I really feel like the left being associated with this behaviour is overblown.
There is a lot to be outraged about. We still have a lot of catching up to do.
Crazy isn't it? Its like people with progressive ideas are only shouted down when things like Trump and Brexit are on the table, only because it is a convenient distraction for the hard right supporters to GTFO when it comes to actually talking through their shitty reasons for supporting these agendas.
You are not wrong. Yes, there are probably a few real people out there who actually think it's offensive to say "gingerbread man" instead of "gingerbread person" but when Republicans act like it's literally every progressive person that believes that, we let ourselves be sucked into the madness time and time again. They are controlling the narrative and we are giving them attention every single time they do it and we're killing ourselves. But the problem isn't the people who are working to try to be more caring and empathetic, it's the other side who looks at that empathy and laughs and says shit like "snowflake generation!"
Sounded like your typical BS PR spin to be honest (regarding Baywatch)
It's propaganda. The Koch brothers essentially astro-turfing these college campus stories tells you everything you need to know.
These are my thoughts on the matter.
These old school fucks are getting mad because people are actually speaking up and demanding respect from their fellow humans.
The Rock is 100% wrong here.
They won't. Classic drive by posts.
Except people aren't wholly allowed to be themselves yet, and are in constant danger of having their rights to be themselves or their personhood taken away
Shut up, Dwayne
Lots of ppl showing their ass in this thread as well, smh
Shut up, Dwayne
Lots of ppl showing their ass in this thread as well, smh
Could you point to anything in particular that you would legitimately consider "outrage" in this thread, or are you suggesting that responding to his comments in any negative manner is "outrage"?
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