General Discussion

And to be honest, I'm a little tired of being infantilized in this way - as an individual and as a community. I am a grown ass adult who has heard, seen, and experienced much worse than off color remarks on social media.

The idea that we are forever on the edge of the fainting couch is a tiresomely patronizing mindset. Platner couldn't hold a candle to what me and my LGBT friends say about each other and ourselves on a daily basis. I'm around people - and an entire subculture - that throws the c-word about women around like confetti, but oh my god, did you see what Platner said?! Alert the pearl industry.

I understand it's a cynical deployment, that offense and outrage are used as a currency to gain the upper hand in political arguments.

But the 2010s are over. No one cares. And I know no one cares, because the deployment of this sort of thing increasingly depends on who's doing the saying.

The curtain is down. The performance is over.

I. do. not. care.