I remember years ago having a conversation on the web about the then-new phenomenon of white males being constantly bashed by blacks and women for stating what is obvious to everyone (e.g. women are physically weaker than men; blacks, as a group, score lower on all standardized tests), or, more commonly, for no reason other than that we are white and male. Blacks could scream nastiness at whites and not only not suffer any sanction, but actually be rewarded for it. Women could be depicted in movies kicking every man in sight square in the balls for any reason or no reason whatsoever, again without consequence, but a man raising his voice at a female coworker was grounds for immediate termination. We agreed then that this would be allowed to continue as long as it was viewed as largely harmless. When it progressed to the point that that was no longer so, women would be shown the truth of the "weaker sex" label, and blacks would be taught what "minority" really implies (namely, that you are vastly out-numbered). I guess we didn't count on the truth of the first-seven-years doctrine.
(shrug)
It seems pretty clear that western civilization is played out. I intend to emulate Jonah: find a nice shady spot and watch the fireworks.
(And yes, I realize Jonah is largely seen as a villain by church folk.)
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