Originally Posted by
climber314
Snowflakes?
Urban Dictionary: Snowflake
Overly patriotic perhaps, but the "snowflakes" over here are not the ones bemoaning this issue.
Much the opposite.
Yes, I was equally puzzled. Over this side of the pond, the term "snowflake" in this context is generally applied to youngsters of the so-called millennial generation (whatever that means) who have led an excessively sheltered life, encouraged by state-enforced political-correctness and 'elf & safety.
Don't think either Buzz Aldrin or Chuck Yeager fit that description. I would have been less surprised if they and the Republican politicians criticising the movie had been labelled as jingoists, although IMO that would be inaccurate. Much of the rancour seems to have been provoked by comments relating to the movie, rather than the movie itself.