Splendid article by @DouglasKMurray in favour of stiff upper lips & emotional repression:http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/douglas-murray-lpb5vtrkb?shareToken=c92f19e886a23eb1d8c8a9a07d4ff7f8 …
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Replying to @holland_tom
@HPluckrose@DouglasKMurray What ho, old bean! One thing will never change: Old Etonians telling the rest of us how to behave.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Oh no! Don't you start with the identity politics. And the stoicism is hardly a class thing.
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Class, not identity, politics. It's the sense of entitlement I find fascinating. To the manner born
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I don't see that. Many people (inc. me) have written arguments about how best to think & behave.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @woodgnomology and
I've also argued against encouraging fragility & histrionics rather than resiliance & moderation
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Histrionic acting out is obviously nauseating, but emotional repression is as unhealthy/dishonest.
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Replying to @woodgnomology @HPluckrose and
We all negotiate for the deal that suits us best. One person's heaven is another person's hell.
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But there are cultural changes too. One which has had current generation dubbed 'generation snowflake' & concerned many.
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