"Snowflake" rage

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As in, "delicate little snowflake".

... I think this is one of the most loathsomely trite putdowns with no compassion behind it. It instantly makes me think the speaker is a sneery, nasty person.

Anyone else feel the fury when they see someone writing this?!

I hate when I see it on the daily mail . It immediately writes off the "Snowflakes" opinion.

Not really. Usually they're right.

I think it's overused but in some cases it is certainly an appropriate term.

Not usually. Because the only times I've seen it on here it's been a perfectly reasonable conclusion (not necessarily the only one possible, but still valid).

And I imagine that all of us have had a few of those moments.

Might be an issue if you have lots of them, though

I think it's overused but in some cases it is certainly an appropriate term.

I agree with this.

Sorry but sometimes I think the people using it have a point.

No, I don't automatically think that accusations of being a snowflake is unwarranted. Although given how quickly women who are struggling to cope are told to toughen up around here, I can imagine it's an overused insult.

Yy, I agree that it exists to dismiss someone else unfairly Bert

Also, and perhaps not strictly relevant, I love snowflakes. They're beautiful, unique and under the right circumstances when densely packed in together, an incredibly strong structure.

I hate that it's been reduced to an insult meaning "you're a pathetic loser who just can't cope with something the way the rest of us like, why do you even exist".

(I haven't been called one by the way yet, I just hate it).

I'm having an issue with someone I work with, I manage him. He's 19. I struggled to articulate all the different issues and apply some sense to it. Snowflake encompasses it perfectly. Sometimes it's appropriate.

It is a dreadful put down.
Unless it is about someone who feels slighted by the smallest thing. And then gets tearful. Then it is appropriate.

It's a very apt expression and usually a correct description of the person when I've seen it used.

Yup, there are some snowflakes out there & it is a handy sharthand to explain their particular brand of demanding, needy, 'the world needs to dance to my particular tune because no one else has needs as special and complex as mine' style of behaviour. So I rather like the term

POTUS Snowflake. I like the term for POTUS.

I get what you're saying, but even then, I'd assume they obviously have their reasons, and still wouldn't use an insult like that. (Even while perhaps inwardly rolling my eyes.)

Yabu. Sometimes, they have a point. It probably is a little overused, especially on MN, but it can be a pretty apt description for some behaviour.

I don't like the way it's used to denigrate those who take a stand against racism, sexism etc. Not that I have ever seen it used like that on MN, but lots elsewhere online and in RL.

I think it is too overused. Especially by someone poo pooing another person being politically correct i.e., not an arsehole.

Snowflakes are beautiful -misses point of the thread

Not condoning racist, sexism or any other form of bigotry is about as far from snowflake behaviour as you can get imo. If people use it in that context then they are just wrong.

I think that it can be annoying yes, if people are just using it as a put down.

That said we have a family on our street and the DC aren't allowed to be upset/ told off by teachers etc. They are snowflakes in the making, you can just see it coming.

Also, and perhaps not strictly relevant, I love snowflakes. They're beautiful, unique and under the right circumstances when densely packed in together, an incredibly strong structure.

Hm, you have a point there.

I used to call people obsessed with their "identity" speshul snowflakes, but you are right, it is an insult to snowflakes.

Will try to think of a more appropriate term.

Damn straight goose!

(And I don't know what any little flakes of snow did wrong in their little existences to be compared to Trump. Poor things.)

It's awful. I first heard it about 4 years agoand hated it then. You know when politicians and the daily mail starts using it, it's a dead insult.

I'm still trying to figure it out. Is it meant to convey an overall disdain for compassion, analysis, humanity and - god forbid - anything feminine?