Re:Linus: People take me much too seriously, I can't say stu...
by manicdee on Friday April 05, 2019 @07:02AM
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GGP’s comment is that he can’t keep doing the things he used to do like calling foolish behaviour “retarded”, slapping the female members of the seam on the butt in place of the high-five his male colleagues get, or asking female colleagues out on dates.
The people most upset about being called out by “SJWs” are the ones whose behaviour is most problematic and exclusionary.
You are intentionally misinterpreting the GP's comment or at least seem to be from my interpretation. Nobody is annoyed that they can't sprinkle legitimate criticism with personal attacks. That was never considered normal or ok though it may have been tolerated in some contexts. People are annoyed that any direct criticism can be construed as a personal attack.