And the hypersensitivity of people these days is just ridiculous - especially when they aren't even in the group being "insulted". I find myself just not making jokes and making the most banal conversation now because of fear of pissing off an idiot and getting screamed at or shot. For example, back when that whole bullshit of those pizza place people not wanting to serve gay people, I didn't think it was a big deal - I DIDN'T say it was right, btw. But fucking A, I got screamed at by a straight person for being a bigot, and god forbid when I posted something like that on Reddit, I got voted down into oblivion. That couldn't have possibly have been from gay people because they are a very very very small minority. It was all sanctimonious bullies.

And I think that is where a lot of this PC backlash is originating from: sanctimonious bullies.

..and he got terminated from all of his positions.

Tim Hunt was attacked and dismissed from UCL, the Royal Society and other bodies

The flag we're talking about was created to boost morale of the soldiers, and was only for use in battle.

Wow, saying the confederate flag means slavery, hatred, bigotry and treason and it gets a +5 Insightful?

Maybe the reason they fly the flag is to respect their ancestors who fought and died for what they believe in.

. Focusing on the flag once again ignores the real problem

yeah in the USA the rioters start wrecking stuff when they lose a football game, that's SO much more important

Really, you should be able to cope with this sort of change. It's minor, and this isn't your site.

what if your OS writes program memory to unencyphered swap?