Things that trigger the left?

Kivaro

Ush1 wrote: »

Using the term "free house". That's always a humdinger.:)

Yes, but "humdinger" may ever trigger them more.

Hunchback

Hunchback wrote: »

Bigots, racists, sexists and homophobes would be four examples

so... everyone that doesn't agree with them then?

Within my first week of returning to posting on boards, I'd been called all of those terms.

freshpopcorn

Saying somebody should take personal responsibility!

Raconteuse

Taking "the left" to mean those "woke" folk:

Disagreeing that there are endless genders.

Disagreeing that a biological man is a woman (this is not an objection shared by the entire left though in fairness).

Even agreeing with just some points made by the likes of Jordan Peterson.

Saying groups with high levels of crime need to tackle this from within.

Saying Islam has a problem with extremism.

Disagreeing with today's form of feminism (I've been called a misogynist on social media for calmly explaining why I don't like the form it has taken. Me - a misogynist. Hilarious).

nthclare wrote: »

MILO YIANNOPOULOS really trigger these loonies

Well he's not a reasonable person himself either.

You don't have to be a leftie loon to dislike him.

Ush1

Pointing out that redistribution of wealth and taxation are essentially theft under the threat of violence.

nthclare

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The trump red hat brigade turn a blind eye to both when it suits them often enough.

Posts about triggering the left

nthclare

Raconteuse wrote: »

Disagreeing that there are endless genders.

Disagreeing that a biological man is a woman (this is not an objection shared by the entire left though in fairness).

Even agreeing with just some points made by the likes of Jordan Peterson.

Saying groups with high levels of crime need to tackle this from within.

Saying Islam has a problem with extremism.

Disagreeing with today's form of feminism (I've been called a misogynist on social media for calmly explaining why I don't like the form it has taken. Me - a misogynist. Hilarious).

Well he's not a reasonable person himself either.

You don't have to be a leftie loon to dislike him.

I never said I liked him, he does trigger a lot of people.

nthclare

People who don't like the climate goblin.

Snickers Man

nthclare wrote: »

MILO YIANNOPOULOS really trigger these loonies

The name's Hanrahan. Miley Hanrahan.

Makes him sound a lot less exotic, doesn't it?

jimgoose

nthclare wrote: »

I never said I liked him, he does trigger a lot of people.

He sure does, the obnoxious, illogical little bollocks. :pac:

markjbloggs

No, you are not entitled to X, Y and Z.

nkl12xtw5goz70

Pointing out that not all the ills in the world can be blamed on white heterosexual men.

Silentcorner

Hunchback wrote: »

Bigots, racists, sexists and homophobes would be four examples

You mean, a basket of deplorables?

Those toxic terms have been used so much in the last number of years they have lost all meaning...like misogyny...they have lost their potency...they are the language of the hysterical!!!

nthclare

YOU'RE A WHITE MALE

OSI

OSI wrote: »

Being labelled under a single umbrella that apparently doesn't allow for any divergence of thought. A bit like how the right are all pro-life, nazi paedophiles.

Define irony: claiming those with a different mindset to you are guilty of labeling the other side as one homogeneous collective, while also labeling them as one big homogeneous collective.

jimgoose wrote: »

The notion that it might be a bit cracked to encourage/facilitate small children to change their gender.

QED.

biko

When they're out of pink/purple/green hair dye in the shops.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

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equality of opportunity.

The ironing is delicious.

Woke Hogan

Jordan Peterson is a quack lunatic who advocates a meat-only diet and who almost Schumacher'd himself trying to detox in Russia from his benzo addictions in lieu of being treated in the US or Canada. In short, he follows fad diets and he's suspicious of modern medicine, just like the crusties he despises.

Ben Shapiro is a psuedo-intellectual who is great at "owning the libtards" yet went running for the hills once he encountered anyone with any sort of debating prowess. change my mind.

Woke Hogan

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Ben Shapiro is a psuedo-intellectual who is great at "owning the libtards" yet went running for the hills once he encountered anyone with any sort of debating prowess. change my mind.

Such as Andrew Neil. Shapiro almost pissed his pants and ran away when Neil was interviewing him. It wasn't even a debate!

JohnnyFlash

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Such as Andrew Neil. Shapiro almost pissed his pants and ran away when Neil was interviewing him. It wasn't even a debate!

Neil isn’t exactly a leftie either. Probably just enjoys making dickheads squirm.

Laphroaig52

Wap Bam Boogie.

pinkyeye

Barrett Drab Skyjacker wrote: »

Jordan Peterson.

Good to know that you consider him a "thing" rather a person.

That's a good start.

Shapiro - "Why don't you just say that you're on the left?"

*Andrew Neil laughter*

Neil - "Mr. Shapiro if you only knew how ridiculous that statement is, you wouldn’t have said it.”

not apologising for your white male privilege as you enter and leave any discussion. not recognising that Stephen fry is everything one should aspire to be and that Jordan Peterson is the very antithesis of same!

WrenBoy

Individuals

Pointing out that ‘woke’ equals ‘dickhead’

biko

That Starbucks is a capitalist business
That Apple is a capitalist business

nkl12xtw5goz70

Pointing out that it's inconsistent to demand diversity when it comes to gender and skin colour, but homogeneity when it comes to beliefs and opinions.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Ben Shapiro is a psuedo-intellectual who is great at "owning the libtards" yet went running for the hills once he encountered anyone with any sort of debating prowess. change my mind.

No need to... but let's face it, Shapiro is good for showing just how rare it is to find someone who advocates leftist principles, who is also capable/willing to debate properly. Most of those he encounters throw out garbage and are unable to back up their statements.

It is good to see that some on the left (or those in the middle but are pushed into the left) are evolving towards engaging in a discussion/debate rather than calling names, or making emotional outbursts.

Pointing out the double standards, and general hypocrisy... along with the "selective" application of many ideas.

Tony EH

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No need to... but let's face it, Shapiro is good for showing just how rare it is to find someone who advocates leftist principles, who is also capable/willing to debate properly. Most of those he encounters throw out garbage and are unable to back up their statements.

It is good to see that some on the left (or those in the middle but are pushed into the left) are evolving towards engaging in a discussion/debate rather than calling names, or making emotional outbursts.

Shapiro doesn't do debates. Most of these American right wing heroes don't nowadays. They usually just pick an extreme example of what THEY call "the left" and strawman with it, while talking to people who are of the same mind as they are in so called "interviews".

When they actually come up against a real interviewer whose job it is is to test the validity of the interviewees opinions, they show themselves up a pretty useless most of the time and then they go crying about bias and whatnot.

The Andrew Neil interview with Ben Shapiro was a prim example of this and poor little Benny made an arse of himself.

questionmark?

Not spending more money than you have and confirming to them that money does not grow on trees.

Jimbob1977

Any reference to mass murderers on their side of the fence... like Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot.

nkl12xtw5goz70

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

Any reference to mass murderers on their side of the fence... like Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot.

But none of that was real communism.

Cody montana

Israel.

I know, cause I'm boycotting them permanently.

Huntergonzo

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Neil isn’t exactly a leftie either. Probably just enjoys making dickheads squirm.

Never seen that interview before, it's pretty good. Ben suddenly became the triggered college lefty that he so often 'destroys'.

Got very triggered when abortion came up even resorted to the petty "I'm popular and no one's ever heard of you" line in desperation.

Looked to me like he got taken to school by an old dog.

the idea that disagreement with them online is not a barometer of morality

pointing out that full agreement with their ideals or nothing is not a viable method of achieving anything in this world

the idea that not everyone *should* care about the gender preferences of a radical minority

the idea that when they behave disgracefully as a group culture or as individuals, it's no different than when anyone else does it because they are "right"

their inability, following on from above, to accept that *everyone* believes they are right when arguing online

the idea that a society sometimes does have to prioritise the majority over the rights of the individual

the idea that people are allowed to disagree with them- cf any comment containing the word "cesspit" on boards.ie

nb despite them being a pain in the ass along the lines of all of the above, and much more besides, the left are often a force for important progress and are never imo as dangerous a group as their counterparts on the right.

i agree with the general thrust, to an extent, a lot of the time, but almost never their characteristic presumption of moral superiority when doing so

addition: the idea that identity politics or concepts such as mansplaining are profoundly counterproductive and daft

final addition: telling them that yes, you can in fact take offence wrongly, or that your taking offence is not really anyone else's problem

Ush1

Cody montana wrote: »

Israel.

I know, cause I'm boycotting them permanently.

And Jews oddly.

TuringBot47

Deleted User wrote: »

the idea that a society sometimes does have to prioritise the majority over the rights of the individual

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.

TuringBot47

When heterosexual males don't treat other men in dresses like women.

Effects

The Champions League

Airyfairy12

Homophobia, racism, sexism, neo liberalism

Pherekydes

Shouldn't the thread be renamed "Things that the right think triggers the left"?

Things that trigger the left: Racism, homophobia, misogyny, etc.

Pherekydes

Pherekydes wrote: »

Shouldn't the thread be renamed "Things that the right think triggers the left"?

Things that trigger the left: Racism, homophobia, misogyny, etc.

add another item

being told that not everything they dislike should be filed under an -ism

Tasfasdf

White people

SeanW

Logic, reason, facts, universal standards.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

No need to... but let's face it, Shapiro is good for showing just how rare it is to find someone who advocates leftist principles, who is also capable/willing to debate properly. Most of those he encounters throw out garbage and are unable to back up their statements.

It is good to see that some on the left (or those in the middle but are pushed into the left) are evolving towards engaging in a discussion/debate rather than calling names, or making emotional outbursts.

He "debates" with a bunch of amateur, ill prepared, college students most of the time. My point is he has proven that he's even worse than the libtards when faced with anybody with any sort of debating prowess. Look at the titles of the videos with him and Peterson etc.... "woke SJW gets OWNED BY SHAPIRO!!!,". Imagine the circle jerk that would ensue if some lesbian feminist stormed out of an interview after saying "nobody's ever even heard of you"

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

He "debates" with a bunch of amateur, ill prepared, college students most of the time. My point is he has proven that he's even worse than the libtards when faced with anybody with any sort of debating prowess. Look at the titles of the videos with him and Peterson etc.... "woke SJW gets OWNED BY SHAPIRO!!!,". Imagine the circle jerk that would ensue if some lesbian feminist stormed out of an interview after saying "nobody's ever even heard of you"

To be fair, Youtube is full of clickbait titles, and Americans love the extreme drama of such crap.

But I agree that he debates or rather tears down, ill prepared college students with extremely naive ideas. It highlights though the level of what people consider to be acceptable behavior for those on the left, feminists, or SJW. Making a fool of these idiots is a good thing in my mind, because it encourages those who get into such arguments to be better prepared. Regardless of what side they're on.

I don't watch him at all anymore. I watched him a bit about two years ago. Nor do I watch Peterson. Similar time-frame for watching his vids. I've become far less concerned with American society and politics over the last decade as they rush headlong into extreme extremist thought/behavior. I found Shapiro a wee bit interesting the first few times I watched him, but I wouldn't consider either him or Peterson to be good debaters. Nor would I hold with many of their ideas either.

Rodin

TuringBot47 wrote: »

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.

Easy to say when you'll be back resurrected in the 3rd film after "dying" in the 2nd.