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Re:I was fired from my internship for proposing a more flexi... by rhapsodic on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @11:24AM (#12002208)
> And "special snowflake" is a slur used to attack LGBT people 90% of the time.

Got a reference for that?

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Re:I was fired from my internship for proposing a more flexi... by amyjess on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @11:53AM (#12002478)
I've heard it hurled at me, at friends of mine, and at other members of my community.
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Re:I was fired from my internship for proposing a more flexi... by extra88 on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @12:22PM (#12002686)
Your sampling methodology leaves much to be desired.

Sarcastically calling people, especially young naive people, "snowflake" as a rejection of their projection of uniqueness or specialness has been around for decades. It's applied without sexual or gender connotations.

Example of alternate declarative form from Fight Club, "Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/quotes?item=qt0479117

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Re:I was fired from my internship for proposing a more flexi... by Kristine1975 on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @03:23PM (#12004061)
>Tyler Durden quote

So it's mainly uttered by fascists? (Tyler Durden is a textbook fascist) Sounds about right.

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Re:I was fired from my internship for proposing a more flexi... by extra88 on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @04:35PM (#12004622)
Okay, if you think name-calling tit for tat is the way to go. I'm not standing up for the tenets of fascism but consider "you're not a snowflake" to be one extreme to counter "every human is special" at another extreme. Both are facile.
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Re:I was fired from my internship for proposing a more flexi... by Kristine1975 on Thursday June 30, 2016 @01:37AM (#12006797)
>Both are facile.

Proof by assertion?

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Re:I was fired from my internship for proposing a more flexi... by rhapsodic on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @12:14PM (#12002629)
That doesn't prove, or even remotely support, your "90%" claim.
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