Comment on So You're Offended by IAmTheUnison
If you don't care, why complain about it?
Because somethings just need to be said. It's the only way to truly combat the evil of this poison called political-correctness.
Don't people have a right to be offended though?
She doesn't want to ban the word, only encourage people to use it less since it has traditionally been employed to silence assertive young girls. If people want their apathy to be noted, they shouldn't post impassioned responses to campaigns like this 
Sure they have the right to be offended, but its also important to make sure they know that nobody gives a damn. Otherwise they go around and try to censor people because they're supposedly "offensive". Just like that bossy bitch, Beyonce, who wants to ban the word "bossy" because she thinks its "offensive".
To be fair, she just added her name to the list, she's not the person initiating this ridiculous campaign. And it is ridiculous and contradictory on several levels. Firstly, these supposed femininsts want to help prove how tough and self-reliant and capable women are by...... shielding their fragile little egos from criticism by outright banning it?!? What?
If these people ACTUALLY believed women to be the equals of men, would they insist women need to be treated with special kiddie gloves? Frankly, the notion that the word "bossy" is responsible for keeping women out of top-paying jobs is more insulting to women than most of the things the supposed misogynists on the other side of the issue have to say.
Then of course there's the age old problem of feminists representing the interests of the women with the least issues in society. Just like in the suffragette movement 100 years ago, modern feminist leaders mostly seem to represent the pet peeves of bored middle and upper class women rather than any grievances relevant to the majority of women. The pay gap only exists in the very top income bracket, so obviously it's a major issue to feminists, despite probably affecting a minuscule portion of them directly. In these days of economic crisis, I think most women are (or ought to be) worried about finding and keeping a job -any job- than they are about their chances of becoming a boss or CEO due to patriarchy.....
If these people ACTUALLY believed women to be the equals of men, would they insist women need to be treated with special kiddie gloves? Frankly, the notion that the word "bossy" is responsible for keeping women out of top-paying jobs is more insulting to women than most of the things the supposed misogynists on the other side of the issue have to say.
Then of course there's the age old problem of feminists representing the interests of the women with the least issues in society. Just like in the suffragette movement 100 years ago, modern feminist leaders mostly seem to represent the pet peeves of bored middle and upper class women rather than any grievances relevant to the majority of women. The pay gap only exists in the very top income bracket, so obviously it's a major issue to feminists, despite probably affecting a minuscule portion of them directly. In these days of economic crisis, I think most women are (or ought to be) worried about finding and keeping a job -any job- than they are about their chances of becoming a boss or CEO due to patriarchy.....
She doesn't want to ban the word, only encourage people to use it less since it has traditionally been employed to silence assertive young girls. If people want their apathy to be noted, they shouldn't post impassioned responses to campaigns like this 
