There is an entire generation, mostly the women, who cannot distinguish unvarnished, unpleasant truth from liable, let alone the nuances of disparagement vs. slander.
My experience with these women is that, faced with an uncomfortably truthful assessment of their work or personal efforts, first allege illegality against the speaker and then scream for an attorney. If the attorney declines to accept their *case*, they then slink away silently to nurse a huge grudge against the person who had the temerity to tell them the truth.
They also usually have enormous, unearned self-esteem and totally unrealistic belief in their own competence and physical appeal.
If the names of these women are released, I will bet that there are numerous instances of the above in their personal lives.
I completely agree.
And you can say the same thing about the race card.
I shared an office with a young, very short, black, lesbian. She went to school at an upstate New York liberal women’s college. So she was an odd combination of stereotypes.
Over the course of the year that we had to work together, I made a comment that black people age well, and it’s difficult to tell the age of older black people. I made a comment that, in general, black people tend to have straight teeth. I made another comment that black people have a high incidence of lactose intolerance.
She called me racist. She complained to our boss about these racist comments.
The first one happens to be fact, but it’s ALSO my personal opinion, “racist” or “racial” or not. She cited cases of black people who had led a life of drugs and how they look very aged.
The second one is fact. She said she and her sister had braces on their teeth.
The third one is fact. She said it’s not true, but if there was any “scientific evidence” for it, it’s only because white people do studies on black people like they are animals.
She couldn’t handle simple facts if they included race. Her race. Conversely, it would be just fine to say “white women have a high incidence of osteoporosis.” She would agree with that.