I like Clint Eastwood but... - Page 1

I think he's showing his age. From an interview with Esquire:

"He's onto something because secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness, kissing up," the acclaimed actor and director said of Trump. "That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. We're really in a pussy generation. Everybody's walking on eggshells."

"We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren't called racist," Eastwood added.

 

Yes Clint, when you were growing up lots of things weren't called racist, or homophobic or misogynystic. They were called the status quo. 

 

 

Maybe the real pussy generation were those who stood by and did nothing to change the status quo.

Changing the status quo for the better, who would complain? But walking on eggshells is not a good exchange. Something has gone overboard.

With regard to Trump I don't know how the eggshell reference fits. He said that Mexican illegals are mostly violent criminals and questioned the impartiality of an American judge. There were no facts to back that up. This isn't some grandfather talking about race at the dining room table but someone running for president. I think it's not too much to expect that he doesn't say things that can be seen as racist. Now some are saying that he wasn't being racist because he was talking about illegal Mexicans and not all Mexicans but, he didn't say illegals in general. So it's only the illegals who happen to be Mexican that are rapists and murderers. When he speaks you can't separate illegal and Mexican.

It's possible he isn't consciously racist, he is an old rich fart, but he is definitely appealing to the racism of his followers. The fact that Eastwood fails to see that he is appealing to the worst among us is not surprising.

I didn't direct my comment specific to Trump. I was speaking in general to society.

I am not going to disagree that Trump has jumped the shark.

I think Eastwood is still hopeful about Trump, yet ihis reaction to cultural change is general and he has yet to realize he needs to separate the two.

In some areas of life PC has gone too far. I do believe that. College campuses are an example of that. When Yale students complain about Halloween costumes it's a serious case of first world problems. When English majors there petition because they don't want to be required to read "old dead white men" it's a problem. If I majored in Japanese I wouldn't expect to read anything written by someone who wasn't Japanese. When comedians avoid performing at colleges because students are offended by everything it's a problem. Most professors in the humanities and most comedians (is it coincidental?) are liberal yet they are victims of PC culture. Interestingly, people blame liberal professors for PC culture gone mad but the blame is on the parents for raising snowflakes. In a university setting it's not good because that is where all ideas should be heard and discussed.

With that said, appropriateness isn't the same as PC gone mad. People want to excuse their inappropriate behavior by saying others are being too PC. In the end, it's all about money. Imus can say a joke about black female basketball players that some blacks found offensive, as is their right as the government can't regulate how we feel. They let their voice be heard by advertisers and they had the economic power to give their voice power. Maybe it was PC taken too far but it was also capitalism and a free market at work. It's the same with Limbaugh and Sandra Fluke. Women are a powerful voice because they have economic power so if they let advertisers know they have a problem with where their money eventually ends up, they are heard. So are people being too sensitive or are they expressing a power they didn't always have?

You want to see my picture from the meet and greet with Lisa Lampanelli from the lowly community college where her father took art classes?

I could tell you a thing or two about filling those seats. But I won't. I still hope she will want to do it again.

(It isn't a problem getting students to come, btw, in fact for her, she insists they do.)

There are plenty of videos on YouTube of Milo Yiannopoulos getting shouted down at college campuses where he has been invited to speak. I personally think he's a troll of sorts but he does know how to trigger leftists. I get how some people would disagree with him or even despise him but they don't let him speak or try to engage in a civil dialogue. Of course they are doing exactly what he wants.

I never had this problem in school and I made a point to not be PC to my professors' dismay and amusement.

There is a real problem with helicopter parents and parents who don't even know when their child ate last or even where they are.  Opposite ends of the spectrum.  I have a problem with every child getting a blue ribbon just for showing up.  We had a case here in Texas where the valedictorian worked hard and won a college level competition and was banned from wearing the sash she worked hard to earn because other students might feel bad.  On the other hand, when my high school football team let their intellectually/developmentally challenged team helper run the final touchdown and won.  Many were happy and touched, but then there were those individuals that were upset over the "favoritism".  Microaggresssions are real and hurtful such as "you speak well for your group/race/gender/etc." or "wow you can drive, that is unusual for gender/race/etc." and so on.  Children notice differences but don't really care.  I wish adults would stop changing that.

Pussy generation fits like a glove.