Micro Aggressions

 

One thought about micro aggressions/reverse micro aggressions and the environment of paranoia all this newspeak doublethink can create. 

So I as a middle aged white man am walking down the street.  A young woman is approaching.  She overtly directs her gaze to the sidewalk.  

I know why she does this.  Countless men through her life have caught her eye and tried to hit on her.  This is a defensive move.  I understand this.  Pretty women must have guys approaching them all the time. Rather than get dragged into some creepy nonsense, this woman avoids interacting with me all together.  That’s fine.

But how is this not a micro aggression?  She just assumed I am a creepy jerk who wants to say perverted stuff to her.  Isn’t this assumption the exact thing that these supposed victims of micro aggressions are complaining about?

Threads

 

I’ve known about this movie for some time.  It was probably on some internet list of the the worlds most disturbing films.

So during my last battle with the deadly Covid 19, I watched Threads.  It is a 1984 movie produced by the BBC about nuclear war.

Wonderful 1984 patina.  It takes you right back to those good old Cold War days.

I really liked the obscure location of Sheffield and the characters’ accents. 

Remarkable results for a low budget film. 

It was almost like a documentary.   

It really makes you feel the horror of nuclear war, and even worse the horror of surviving nuclear war.  If you’re looking for a creepy 80’s throwback movie — This is it!