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Originally Posted by transplant99
Sorry I wasn't aware that the term snowflake had been cornered by the "right-wing" as an ad hominem attack, I guessed I missed that memo. It has been used on this board for almost 20 years to describe the overly sensitive. Who do I send the cheque to for stomping on their trademarked term?
I use it to describe the easily offended and unable to actually discuss the points being made and instead obfuscate into something else that generally ends with a good old Godwinning or something just short of that.
Will be more aware moving forward.
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Fair enough. Sorry for flying off the handle about it. It's not that I find the term particularly bothersome or offensive, just highly irritating because it tends to poison every political debate I see on social media.