Political group wants to define everyone by a neat moniker and pigeonhole them.I need INGO’s help with a cultural collision. Denver progressive bubble vs Midwest individualism. My wife, during a conversation with her sister who lives in Denver, addressed her as “you people”, referring to Democrats. Well, that really triggered her. I mean, like in the most “Denver” progressive educated/elitist class accent, she says, “Really? I can’t believe you ****ing said that right now.”
Okay. I try to keep up with cultural differences So what is socially wrong with “you people”? I honestly don’t get that. It must mean something WAY different out there than it does in Indiana. Here, saying “you people” is the social equivalent to saying ”you guys” (except it’s gender neutral), or in the South, “y’all”. It’s just a way to refer to the people you’re addressing.
Any ideas? The **** does “you people” mean out there in bat****opia?
Doin' some Googlin', and evidently there are enough folks in the world being "triggered" for the phrase "You People" to be a problem:I’ve known for a couple of years or so that she has a problem with it. I’ve said it to her before. I said something like, “you people ready for dinner yet?” And all she said was “You people?” I didn’t think anything of it. Then my wife said she kinda went ape**** on her for saying it recently. So I suspect it’s a socially banned phrase where she lives.
This kinda makes sense for why it’s not PC. I think I might dare go there next time we visit.
Doin' some Googlin', and evidently there are enough folks in the world being "triggered" for the phrase "You People" to be a problem:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=You People
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/you_people
I never would have guessed. Then again, there are likely only about 5 things in the whole world that I actually find offensive.
If this denizen has, he certainly doesn't remember. I've probably seen it, didn't register that it was "funny", and promptly purged the buffer.I'm fairly certain that most denizens of the interwebs have seen this meme...
Yep, one and the same. From the movie "Tropic Thunder".If this denizen has, he certainly doesn't remember. I've probably seen it, didn't register that it was "funny", and promptly purged the buffer.
Isn't that the "Full Retard" meme that also is supposed to be offensive?
Dude! Really?
I KNOW I would!!!
Doin' some Googlin', and evidently there are enough folks in the world being "triggered" for the phrase "You People" to be a problem:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=You People
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/you_people
I never would have guessed. Then again, there are likely only about 5 things in the whole world that I actually find offensive.
Chick Flick.
Mmmm
Walk into a room with a chick flick, and odds are, most of the viewers will be chicks.
Not all, but a majority.
Only idiots would refuse the evidence of their eyes.
The inner workings of the #SeattleForAll campaign tell a clear story: a group of well-funded philanthropies hired a PR firm to produce misleading polling results, distributed them through the city’s main newspaper and other media outlets (many of which enjoy generous donations from those same philanthropies), and then concealed the fact that the messaging was part of a broader campaign coordinated with the city. The “counter-narrative” to the Seattle Is Dying documentary was not a spontaneous reaction of a diverse group of experts; it was a planned effort by Seattle’s philanthropic, academic, media, and governmental elites to steamroll critics. Seattle’s institutional powers, in other words, attempted to quash the emerging public consensus that the city’s approach to homelessness is failing.
Thanks guys for looking that up. I'm kinda shocked. There are far more contexts in which "you people" isn't racist. So basically, if the rule is that it is possible for some word or phrase to be used to disparage a minority race, then that word is banned for all uses, I think it's gonna be pretty easy to make them eat that. Ain't no way I'm not saying "you people" when you guys, or you all, or y'all would usually be used. Time to rip language from the clutches of delusional people. I'm starting to wonder if our progressive family members need a full on cult intervention.
All y'all covers it nicely thank you very much. Sheeeeeeeit, we figgered it out down south a LONG time ago!
If everything is fine then we can start sending illegal immigrant detainees right?https://www.city-journal.org/seattleforall-campaign
Seattle’s Revolt of the Elites
With residents fed up by the homelessness crisis, city leaders and their allies coordinate a PR campaign to convince them that everything is fine.
This playbook seems familiar, somehow
That one some people find iffy, too. Ive had third wave (or second wave, I can't tell 'em apart w/o a program) feminists object to a mixed gender group being referred to that way collectively