[gruez]

>If someone says they feel unsafe, maybe we should default to believing them rather than minimising them. A tiny bit of compassion and empathy goes a long way.

Okay but surely you must agree that there are limits to how much we as a society should believe? Portraying yourself as being oppressed is an effective way to garner sympathy and resources from society, so people are incentivized to use language that makes their plight seem worse. That's not to say everyone making such claims are acting in bad faith, or even misrepresenting their internal feelings, but we can't take everyone's statements at face value either.

[madeofpalk]

> but we can't take everyone's statements at face value either

In the context of this article, why not?

Why are we objecting to "the name on my credit card makes me feel uncomfortable and I wish I could change it"?

[mcphage]

> Okay but surely you must agree that there are limits to how much we as a society should believe?

There are limits, but the idea that American society is too nice, or takes concerns too seriously, is beyond laughable.