doublecupI'm not talking about YOU in specific. I am talking in general terms
People use the term snowflake just because they don't like someone else's opinion, or agree with them
Using the term snowflake is an easy out when you get caught in an argument and can't back your shit up
Think you've got the wrong idea. I think its a very useful term, its not something people use because they dont like someone elses opinion, thats not it at all.
Its someone who, when given an opinion, idea, or thought, cant handle said opinion/thought, without getting emotionally hurt, and that emotion hampers their ability to hold a conversation and entertain an idea.
lets try an easy, current example that i get sick of hearing about.. person 1 says "transgender bathrooms are bullshit, if you're born a man or woman, you use the bathroom of your real gender" person 2 says "thats such a homophobic, sexist, insensitive thing to say, how can you be so hateful?"
Person 1 might have had some good points, he thinks this way for a reason that may or may not be legitimate and completely free of any phobia or hate, yet person 2 when they hear this idea, that doesnt align with their own, gets emotional, and makes assumptions about the person, starts throwing out labels, and cannot entertain the idea that person number 1 had. person 1's thoughts are now invalid because he now has these labels attached to him that make him incapable of having a valid opinion.
thats more an extreme snowflake, and I get that its an overused term. but they're getting more and more common, and its getting more and more acceptable, which i think is scary.
IMO its the new racism, they're using the same thought process that REAL racists, homophobes, etc go through to reach their conclusions. "you say this, you're this" you're opinion differs? you're now a this" you are immediately less than them the moment they hear you speak an idea that may suggest something that doesnt align with what they've been told to believe. there is no attempt to understand where you're coming from. they claim to be accepting and open minded, until you're thoughts are slightly different.
I've tried to have some conversations with a few people recently that really freaked me out a bit, on what you would think would be easy ideas to handle without going into emotional defense mode. one was about women in the military, and one was about muslim refugee's. both topics where both sides have some kind of point, and should be discussed, but the second i suggest why a woman might be a hinderance in the heat of battle, im a massive sexist and the conversation cant continue, my opinion became invalid, i wasnt worthy of talking to her.
sorry for the essay, just thought id attempt to clear that up.