I'm getting triggered

Apparently that is the new hip term for getting upset.

For sure I am upset about all the politically correct BS.  Sadly my very liberal friends I fear our PCness has helped give rise to Donald Trump--or at least the fire that drives some of his supporters.  Is supporting transgender bathrooms a fight worth having when the cost is Trump in the White House?

But PC triggering in little old idyllic Aspen...............

The most recent PC triggered person occurred today at the college fair which is held at the Aspen Middle School.  My son was volunteering to help with the avionics program presentation and was explaining to a friend that he didn't text her back last night because it was late and he was very tired after having dinner with a bunch of old Jews.  An adult volunteer overheard this statement, was triggered and asked for his name so she could report him.  My son gave her his name.  Lets see what happens.

A bit of context--my son's first name is that of an old testament prophet, and his last name is so Jewish it's often used as a punchlines in jokes.  He spent yesterday morning at temple, yesterday evening at temple and after temple had a break fast with the members of the congregation who went to the end of day service.  The average age at the break fast was probably 60 and that is skewed lower by my son and daughters presence (ages 14 and 11).  So yea he had a long day of temple and then dinner with a bunch of old Jews.  I guess now he is an anti semitic ageist Jewish kid who while doing volunteer work spoke to loudly to a friend about the religious and age composition of the population at the Yom Kippur break fast he attended the prior evening.

Next trigger warning.  My son's theater teacher sent us an email saying that in an improv section of class he pretended to be drunk.  She informed us that theater class was PG, and he was skating close to R.  This is 8th grade theater which ought to qualify for at least PG 13.  From this summer's movies that would include lots of drinking, sex and cussing (think Wonder Woman, Fast and Furious or Guardians of the Galaxy).  If the class has to stick with PG only we are looking at Smurfs, the LEGO movie or god forbid Captain Underpants.  Had he stripped down to his underwear and threatened to fly out the window (stone cold sober thank goodness) I am sure I would have gotten a call from the principal.  Tell me what seems wrong here---they have surprise Elk organ dissections in science class, discuss sex, drugs, and drink in wellness class, but gotta limit their acting to the Smurfs?  And we get a school wide email from the principal alerting us that the show 13 Reasons Why might make our kids commit suicide.  Are you kidding me?!?!?!?  I'm getting triggered.

But lets leave the small town of Aspen behind and move to the Big City of New York where PC has jumped the shark.  Lets consider SEX.  No not fun sweaty sex with another sober consenting adult in a safe and proper fashion (I plan on sending my son to college with a lawyer, a contract outlining consent, and a breathalyzer to make sure he doesn't have sex without getting consent from his partner with a sobriety check and multiple sober witnesses to said consent)--I am talking about referring to someone in either writing or conversation by their sex (i.e. by using male or female pronouns).

You know when my very gay intelligentsia friend (how gay???? he acted on Broadway in Cats for like a decade gay, and has degrees from two ivy league schools) says that he is getting blowback from referring to actors as her or him, he or she and not it, them or they and he is rolling his eyes with exasperation you have jumped the PC shark.

Did something in this manage to trigger you?  Are you getting angry?  Does it make you wanna go do something stupid like march with Klux Klutz Klan members or vote for Trump to show all those thin skinned PC police?

Don't be stupid---to quote my Rabbi (way out of context)  "this too shall pass".