The other day, my ex-employer posted a video to F-book in which female workers threw a bunch of water balloons at their work-attire'd male colleagues, who were lined up against a wall, as some sort of fundraising event, maybe $1 per balloon or so. It was captioned, simply, "Girl Power!". A lady stopped by in the comment section to say how derogatory and berating it was to full-grown women when one refers to them as "girls". I penned up a (hopefully) thoughtful response about why I thought she was doing feminism a disservice in that instance, but I couldn't bring myself to hit enter. Something told me that it would have been pointless to engage her. I think the current tribalism in America has enabled extremism to rise up on both sides of the political spectrum, because each side no longer polices itself. But as a white male who has lived a life pretty much devoid of any trauma whatsoever, I feel wholly unqualified to make assessments, except in 100% obvious situations (see paragraph #1).
No one's keen on having their mind changed, anymore. Anywhere. To paraphrase my friend (kleinbl00), our culture has shifted towards extreme ego involvement with one's worldview. And if there's any shred of cultural Darwinism at play, the evolution of humanity will absolutely select against that culture. It's an incredibly unscientific and unsustainable mindset.
Eh, but at the same time, my lack of action perpetuates the exact "lack of self-policing" problem that I'm opposed to. And hey, what's up with the 60k strong anti-Muslim rally in your neck of the woods? Has that been over-sensationalized by U.S. media? Edit: awh :/