Blackrook
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No, We Won’t Calm Down – Tone Policing Is Just Another Way to Protect Privilege
No, We Won’t Calm Down – Tone Policing Is Just Another Way to Protect Privilege
Well, if you want to know what the crazy people are up to, this website provides all the info.
And now we have an article saying if you tell people to stop acting like crazy people, that's "tone policing" which protects privilege.
And I'm white male, so I'm the enemy.
So while me and my fellow white males proceed to walk on the Moon, discover America, invent the internet, and generally act like normal productive citizens, this website encourages everyone who isn't a white male to act like a two-year-old having a temper tantrum, demanding white males to take them seriously.
I am the father of three children, so I know what to do when a two-year-old has a temper tantrum. You do not interfere while the child throws himself to the floor, screams, and beats their tiny fists against the floor. You just let the child tire himself out. And then when that is done, and he has exhausted himself, you put him down for a nap.
I've seen parents who don't know this. They respond to tantrums by trying to talk reasonably with the child, giving them things, trying to bribe them with toys or candy. Parents who do this will end up with spoiled children.
And now we have a problem, because all those spoiled children have grown up, and now they are spoiled college students. They are still trying to get what they want through temper tantrums.
No, We Won’t Calm Down – Tone Policing Is Just Another Way to Protect Privilege
Well, if you want to know what the crazy people are up to, this website provides all the info.
And now we have an article saying if you tell people to stop acting like crazy people, that's "tone policing" which protects privilege.
And I'm white male, so I'm the enemy.
So while me and my fellow white males proceed to walk on the Moon, discover America, invent the internet, and generally act like normal productive citizens, this website encourages everyone who isn't a white male to act like a two-year-old having a temper tantrum, demanding white males to take them seriously.
I am the father of three children, so I know what to do when a two-year-old has a temper tantrum. You do not interfere while the child throws himself to the floor, screams, and beats their tiny fists against the floor. You just let the child tire himself out. And then when that is done, and he has exhausted himself, you put him down for a nap.
I've seen parents who don't know this. They respond to tantrums by trying to talk reasonably with the child, giving them things, trying to bribe them with toys or candy. Parents who do this will end up with spoiled children.
And now we have a problem, because all those spoiled children have grown up, and now they are spoiled college students. They are still trying to get what they want through temper tantrums.