I’m sitting in a “high class” (read: white, rich, boomer) establishment, and the complaining is insufferable.
Alcohol and feeling safe amongst their peers (I’m a white man of a certain age, so I blend in) probably makes them say all the quiet things out loud.
Subject of ridicule include:
• Dutch historical figures being removed as namesakes of streets etc.
• transgender people
• inclusion programmes
• young people who don’t want or can’t handle their “feedback” and advise
• addendum: bad snow in ski resorts
• 2nd addendum: climate activists
And I am left wondering how ANY of that in any way would or could EVER impact even a second of their lives.
But clearly that is not how they perceive it. Maybe it is true that if all you’ve known is privilege, even a tiny step towards equality really feels like a threat to your very livelihood or even existence.
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