Since
@Ilov80s is in here and is a teacher (maybe
@AcerFC will drop in) -- but others, please chime in if this rings a bell:
Any of you have teenagers or are around teenage boys? If so, have you run across the increased use of casual open racism/sexism to serve as a kind of subversion signaling to others in their peer group? I've seen it 90% with boys, though there are a handful of teenage Anne Coulters kind of plying the same shtick.
What I'm talking about is that the way some teenage guys used to listen to metal and immerse themselves in "devil's music" 35 years ago, and that was clearly identified as subversive behavior (denoting "
I am a bad rss", "
don't care about expectations & rules", etc.). Semi-open casual racism/sexism seems to be being used in the same way today. Not in gigantic numbers, but noticeable. Could be more of a thing locally being in a red state.