Conservatives: The Real Snowflakes

https://oncewrittensite.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/generation-snowflake/

       Since the election of Donald Trump, conservative media including websites, TV shows, and newspapers have attacked Democrats for feeling shocked and disappointed over the loss of their preferred candidates.  As seen in the link above, an anonymous author wrote an article titled "Generation Snowflake" describing the sensitivity and ignorance seen in millennials today and how such qualities spiked following the election.  The article had no evidence to back its claims and based its perception of millennials off their recent demands for "safe spaces" and trigger warnings, claiming that because they were not necessary before, they are not necessary now, and that the need for them is a result of the pampered childhoods of millennials.  However, they are necessary not because millennials are crybabies with no tolerance for opposing opinions, but because they have realized the destructively ignorant and insensitive natures of many people that have created a dangerous world for anyone other than a white, heterosexual, neurotypical, cisgender male.
       The above image depicts millenials as destructive crybabies in an attempt to draw support from other Republicans, but it fails to show how the reasons why they are crying are a result of oversensitivity; the back "baby" is holding a sign that says, "#hold your breath for justice," in reference to the peaceful protests happening all over the world, including the NFL.  Though it is meant to show how pointless peaceful protesting is, it indirectly references Mahatma Gandhi, who fasted to fight for India's independence from Britain in a nonviolent way of protesting the injustices he and his people experienced.  The photo poses the question: if people aren't supposed to protest nonviolently, how are they supposed to protest?  The answer from most conservatives is "not at all," as Americans should love America, but rather than promoting American values, this way of thinking violates the First Amendment of the Constitution which they work so hard to defend in order to keep their guns.  The baby uses a hashtag on its statement, which is supposed to represent how millennials are dependent on social media and technology in general, but it also shows how social media can be used to educate others about ways to protest peacefully and the injustices they are protesting.   The baby is supposed to make a statement of oversensitivity, but it instead represents conservatives' opinions on nonviolent protesting.
       The second baby holds a female sex symbol in reference to women's rights in order to demonstrate how women should apparently not be protesting to fight the injustices they face.  Again, the article pokes fun at protesters who simply want to stand up the rights rights they feel are being violated.  Many conservatives feel as if women are already treated equally to men and this have nothing to "complain" about, but in reality, the wage gap exists for all women and for women of color in particular, there are still thousands of rape cases with female victims annually, child marriages are still normalized in certain cultures, and many more cases of common injustices still to be fought.  This baby is supposed to represent the uselessness of women's rights protests, but it instead acts as a depiction of conservative ignorance.
       The first baby in line is a baby of color crushing more "sophisticated" and "mature" looking white people and is holding a rattle that says "racism" and a toy sword that reads "social justice."  This is most likely a reference to the "dangerous" nature of people of color that is so feared by white conservatives, who, like Donald Trump, claim to be the "least racist people" that exist, despite silencing movements such as Black Lives Matter because they fear of losing their white privilege.  If they are so protective of their "whiteness" and are afraid of losing the privilege that comes with it, aren't they the real "snowflakes?"  The rattle represents how millennials claim everything is racist and not being able to take a joke, when in reality, the joke is one told by Grandpa at Thanksgiving about horrifically ignorant racial stereotypes that has been politely ignored until millennials decided that it was too bad to bear.  Being unwilling to laugh at and accept racial stereotypes is far different from being too sensitive and unable to take a joke, though conservatives often get the two confused because they are the ones telling the racist jokes, and they are hurt that no one is laughing anymore.  The "social justice" sword is supposed to represent the stupidity and uselessness of the call for social justice, when in reality it is a movement to fight for people across all intersections and destroy the irrational, racist phobias that make up the internet.
     The picture above epitomizes the ignorant nature of conservatives in an attempt to be humorous, but only managing to perpetuate the sensitivity of such people.