TwoCents | OFFENDING SENSITIVITIES - by Jefferson Nnadiekwe

Modern social courtesy demands that we be economical with opinions and judgement - even if it is the truth. Gone are the days were the honesty was encouraged irrespective of whose Ox is gored. It's 'growth', and 'development', so I guess I have to live with it right? But just before I go on with living with it, permit me a few minutes to bare my mind. What the hell?! Where are we going to as a people if we see black and can't call it black because a certain group would be offended with that accuracy? How do we learn from mistakes if pointing out said mistakes makes one a 'prude'? This woke nonsense has to stop!  Liberalism and conservatism would always be at loggerheads. Both of them have their strengths and shortcomings - but nobody never accepts that with liberalism. One of the most championed mantras of liberalism is 'live and let live'. While that makes a lot of sense and proposes freedom, mankind simply cannot live and let live. Because living and letting to live has the possibility of offending the natural order of things, and should be called out at this point. A ready example that comes to mind is dress code/sense. There is this ideology spawning among us that clothes are a means to express ourselves and hence nobody should be criticized for whatever they choose to wear. Come on! This makes zero sense. Clothes are not always a means of self expression because different places demand specific dress codes. You cannot walk into an office in a bikini can you? Well given the way things are going, one might be able to do that. There was a social media post about a lady who was sent away from an interview based on her dressing and choice of clothing. Annoyingly, some people expressed their dissatisfaction and maligned the interviewer for infringing on her rights.While there were thankfully others who were bold enough to call it for what it is - a fault on the applicant's part, the mere fact that it was a debate was just appalling. It's same thing with revealing clothes being worn out in public places or functions. An air of discomfort lingers but no one wants to say anything, because they're afraid to look a certain way. Children shouldn't be exposed to indecent exposure - we know this much, but somehow we let it slide because wokeism. Look, I'm not against freedom of self expression - hell, my career demands it. However, we should be able to draw a line and say enough when it's clearly gotten out of hand. This is why I appreciate the likes of Andrew Tate, and Jordan Peterson. Say what you want about those men (especially Andrew), but their willingness to offend sensitivities is badly needed. The world is going left so fast that we need people who aren't scared to raise an alarm. A very sensitive yet crucial topic people are scared to speak on, is gender/identity politics. For example, only a handful of people warn about hormone blocking drugs and its side effects when more awareness is needed on it. The threat of cancel culture has shut role models and individuals with influence from speaking against abnormalities that are being paraded as the norm. Thankfully men like Andrew and Jordan constantly resist the efforts to be silenced - shout out to the others in this class. We cannot keep putting sensitivities over truth. Neither can we continue to give into the gaslighting that aims to validate wrongs as 'personal choices'. Should we continue like it, mankind could become so jaded that the lines between good and evil, what is acceptable and what is not; would become to blurred to distinguish. And when it gets to that point, we would all be in trouble.

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