Is our hysterical use of language turning us into fraidy-cat douche bags?

© 2016 Peter Free

 

16 August 2016

 

 

Like pubescent girly screechers

 

Have you noticed the media's frequent inappropriate use of words like terrifying, horrifying and hero to describe comparatively routine situations?

 

In my Curmudgeon's View, these pansy ass reactions to Life's predictable pain mark us as wimpish losers. No wonder that terrorist-wannabes are not impressed.

 

 

In the company of other verbal conniptions

 

These annoying uses of emotional excess parade with our infatuation with how awesome and incredible everything is.

 

So much is awesomely incredible that I am now more interested in the little bit of stuff that is apparently not.

 

 

The moral? — Violent douche-bag-ism appears to be the New American Way

 

Our nation of too easily horrified people is giving the rest of the world legitimate reason to be frightened.

 

What is scarier than a yellow-striped fraidy-cat, who sprays bullets and bombs at whatever makes it slightly anxious?

 

If we want to investigate the proper use of extreme words, we should go spend a month as an Everyday Person in, for example, Syria and Yemen. Among so many other Hell on Earth places. All so glibly escalated by mall-going, horrified you-know-whos.