As I grew up, I was always exposed to the liberal side of government. My parents supported Obama, my grandma wanted Hillary Clinton to be the first female president and I wanted nothing more than to keep Obama for another four years. But with that, came a lot of various name calling and labeling that didn't really sit well with me.

The slang word, 'snowflake' isn't just the pretty little flakes that fall from the sky and create a beautiful white scenery, oh no no, a snowflake is now used in a derogatory way towards those who take offense to political opinions, often young people, that differ from their own. This has become very prevalent in the last couple of years with Donald Trump being our president and some of his supporters saying things that should really be kept to themselves.

Snowflake has had its round of meanings. It's been used back in the Civil War Era to describe someone who wanted to abolish slavery, or even towards black people who were 'acting white.' So, when someone calls you a snowflake, they're probably not calling you a pretty white speck of snow, they're probably calling you a weak and vulnerable POS.

With the 'weak' and 'vulnerable' labeling, comes the good ol' social justice warriors, everyone's favorite. Not.

A social justice warrior, according to Urban Dictionary, is "a person who uses the fight for civil rights as an excuse to be rude, condescending, and sometimes violent for the purpose of relieving their frustrations or validating their sense of unwarranted moral superiority." So basically, in short, dumbed down terms, a social justice warrior is someone who will probably recite the whole god damn constitution at your ass if you don't agree with them.

Or an SJW might be one who gets triggered over the slightest things. For example, one might get severely triggered if a man makes any sort of communication or contact with them because they're afraid the man is going to sexually assault them or kidnap them. Their minds are so wired and fried with all these hard, locked down thoughts that they refuse to believe anything else that someone might tell them. Another example might be protests, such as the women's march, black lives matter or whatever they're going to protest for.

Now, I am one who believes blacks should have equal rights and people should stop acting like its the 1860's with racism still being a high profile thing that almost seems like it's the norm, but I'm not one who will literally scream in someone's face or push and shove while yelling to get my point across. I have gotten into arguments about certain social issues, and I just tend to stand back and allow the situation to die down because I don't want to be the one to start yelling at someone else. Or if I do continue within the argument, I at least make sure I have correct facts to tell someone if they're trying to steer everything in their direction to make it look like they are in the right.

And that's where I get annoyed if I'm even mentioned in relation to SJW's. Sure, I am one for equal rights, I'm one for equal pay, I'm one that wants President Trump out of office, but I wouldn't go as far as to say I am a social justice warrior.

Just because I miss Obama doesn't mean I'm gonna cut your throat open if you talk mad shit about him, just saying.

There are certain thoughts and ideas that I don't necessarily 100% agree with on both sides; I don't consider myself an extremist by any means, I just hate the labeling because I have differing opinions from lets say someone who's all for the original interpretation of the second amendment of our Bill of Rights. (But that's a whole different discussion for another day).

Now do I believe that one day women will be equal to men? Hell no. There's always going to be a superiority factor within our society and men will always stand above women because it's just how history played out and how it continues to be in today's day in age. Do I think women deserve equal pay as men? Hell yes. Will it happen? Probably not. Actresses such as Emmy Rossum have protested and fought for equal pay and even left the show "Shameless" as she was not being paid enough and she was basically the lead role in that show. This also happened in the era of Marilyn Monroe. She's displayed as the blonde bombshell, she wanted to be known as more than the dumb blonde, she wanted people to recognize her as a human being, but since the companies she worked with were owned by men, she couldn't have that fair treatment. It sucks, I know, but that's how society is.

It's on us to teach our kids to not be like our generation. Raise them to be strong individuals who can conquer the world. Show them that they can change our society into a much better, enhanced one that'll bring upon better treatment towards others, and show others that it's okay to be yourself.

I want my kids to grow up without the labels of 'snowflake', 'sjw', 'weak', 'vulnerable', 'triggered' being an everyday norm.