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Originally Posted by Lamplighter
I did read the article, but I'm still having trouble with the OP title here.
"Nobody can take a joke" - "I was joking" - "It's a joke, asshole"
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Clarification: The article title is, "The Coddling of the American Mind".
The OP (my) title is, "Nobody Can Take a Joke Anymore".
The text I highlighted in the quote are your words, not the article's author or mine.
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All too often these are what you hear after someone gets called out on making a racial slur.
Ironically, such are a reverse-PC way a bigot uses to get a social pass on their derogatory remarks.
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Define racial slur. The point is, too many people are way too sensitive. I think, "Hey nigger", is a racial slur, but, "you're the only black guy in class", is not. However as the article points out, some people would think both are.
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OTOH the article makes it seem all too silly.
But my college experience was one of the best periods of my life,
because, in large part, it was a time filled with dormitory-arguments
over all kinds of issues: religious - social - political - military - sex ...
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That was how long ago? I feel the same about mine, but that's ancient history, campuses have changed. It's not just anecdotal, either. Laws and campus rules, plus having official systems in place for reporting serious complaints, which allows whining about petty bullshit.
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I actually glad to see that such back-and-forth vogues are still happening on the campuses.
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Yes, it should be, but it seems there is less of it for fear of exposure to ideas that might offend our Little Precious.
Damn few kids come from griftopia where they've been exposed to the possibility ideas and positions not held by the parents, may be valid.