There's no doubt that the term "controversial" can conservatively be applied to many of the relative topics of today, and with the rise of social media, it has become easier than every to be able to express your opinions free of consequences.
This seemingly open port of communication has prompted many millennials to share a multitude of articles discussing these various controversial topics -- while the information be truthful or not. Despite this, millennials, or individuals born roughly between the early 1980's and early 2000's, have still continued to perpetuate the senseless sensitivity that has plagued societal conversation.
The sensitivity being described here is shown through the claims made by millennials. For example, the increasing visibility to racial inequality has prompted these millennials to fill with hatred and condemn anyone who even mentions the topic.
Brian, a student at the University of Illinois-Chicago, has witnessed this sensitivity and aims to raise attention to it.
"I think that millennials are so sensitive because they have self-educated themselves [using] false information." He says. " Imagine social media. Millennials get their information from opinionated, biased posts that support one-sided arguments while attacking the opposing argument, but they fail to see both. By being able to look at both sides of an argument, one becomes a more educated human rather than being completely biased."
In 2015, Pew Research conducted a study on the political views of millennials. They found that about 40% of American millennials felt that government restriction was necessary for public speech that is deemed offensive to minorities.
With that being said, the increasing liberal nature present in millennial culture has hindered the development of a prosperous society.
The entitlement sense that millennials are so famously known for has also played a part in this sensitivity. This sense of power and control has created a "know-it-all" mindset, which has caused these millennials to make claims based on falsified intuition and fuel hatred toward those who never meant harm.
Now, it is important not to mix up sensitivity with blatant hate. Instead, it is important to be able to identify this sensitive ignorance and combat it with educational and factual evidence.
