When they go after ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside,’ you know #MeToo has gone mad

[Tahuyaman]

... are you implying that black people are the only race that is categorized as "race"?

#ballreturned

No one made that claim.

[Dr. Who]

Why is anyone even paying attention to these obviously neurotic people? There are enough real issues of female harassment and sexual assault without trivializing it by attacking innocuous cheeky songs. This is how real issues become so saturated with nonsense that people just start viewing the entire topic as some kind of mass hysteria.

[Safety]

No one made that claim.

When someone says black people are a protected class, that is exactly what that claim suggests. Blacks are not a protected class, race is a protected class. If one’s perception is that black people are being protected more than another race, that is due to evidence of wrong doing, not because they are the only ones being protected.

[Ransom]

Why is anyone even paying attention to these obviously neurotic people?

I asked this myself when Dr. Ford blathered on about what was indelible in the hippocampus and women began to claim Kavanaugh was a pimp.

There are enough real issues of female harassment and sexual assault without trivializing it by attacking innocuous cheeky songs. This is how real issues become so saturated with nonsense that people just start viewing the entire topic as some kind of mass hysteria.

Oh. Is that how "real issues" get saturated with nonsense? It's a Boy who cried wolf scenario, isn't it, Who? The greatest disservice is done to the real victims. These hocus pocus claims such as we saw played out on during the SC hearings and in this much smaller and less relevant example do, in my view, the gravest harm to women.

[Captain Obvious]

When someone says black people are a protected class, that is exactly what that claim suggests. Blacks are not a protected class, race is a protected class. If one’s perception is that black people are being protected more than another race, that is due to evidence of wrong doing, not because they are the only ones being protected.

Well, try to fire someone who's either black, a woman or over 40, those are legally protected classes and they have stronger cases if a 20yr old male is fired in comparison.

The trifecta - minority woman over 40, virtually untouchable from an HR standpoint.

[Tahuyaman]

When someone says black people are a protected class, that is exactly what that claim suggests. Blacks are not a protected class, race is a protected class. If one’s perception is that black people are being protected more than another race, that is due to evidence of wrong doing, not because they are the only ones being protected.

No one made the claim that black people are the only race classified as a race as you stated.

[Captdon]

Yet, I can't find anywhere where it lists black people as a protected class. However, it lists "race" as a protected class, are you implying that black people are the only race that is categorized as "race"?

#ballreturned

It is the only race protected.

[Safety]

Well, try to fire someone who's either black, a woman or over 40, those are legally protected classes and they have stronger cases if a 20yr old male is fired in comparison.

The trifecta - minority woman over 40, virtually untouchable from an HR standpoint.

Yes, there are some instances where it seems like in certain cases it is unfair or lopsided, but that is one downside of being part of the majority or status quo. As long as the same burden of proof is provided and evaluated equally for all cases of discrimination, then the system can work.

[Safety]

It is the only race protected.

No it isn’t, please go away.

[Safety]

No one made the claim that black people are the only race classified as a race as you stated.

Reality disagrees with you. I just explained it, it isn’t my job to make you understand.