For the most part, America has been spared early snowstorms in 2024. Colorado being a significant exception. Here in Illinois, it is not unusual for us to get a white covering as early as October!

Having said that, across the country “snowflakes” appeared in many places on November 6th and shortly thereafter. Some seemed almost paralyzed by their snowflake status. And their political winter has hardly begun!

You likely have heard of these “snowflakes” before. Most often, but not exclusively, they’ve appeared on college campuses. A good working definition is “an overly sensitive person, incapable of dealing with any opinions that differ from their own. These people can often be seen congregating in ‘safe zones’ on college campuses.”

The 2016 election of Donald Trump brought about a massive flake-out. Many seemed devastated by perceived threats of Brexit. A lot of our famous statues came down between 2010-2022 because snowflakes were culturally offended. The activity became so pronounced that one of Collins English Dictionary’s words of the year in 2016 was…snowflake. That same year, The Guardian called the term “the defining insult of 2016.”

The recent re-election of one Donald Trump, and the accompanying control of both the House and the Senate, has created an entirely new snowstorm of flakiness.

According to a report in the Washington Free Beacon, our U.S. State Department needed to hold a therapy session for employees after Trump’s win. Employees were encouraged to attend a one-hour session during which they could “share feelings about the election results.” Oh brother.

Perhaps late night host Jimmy Kimmel should have been invited. Here were his woeful words on his November 6th show:

“Let’s be honest, it was a terrible night last night. It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hardworking immigrants who make this country go, for health care, for our climate, for science, for journalism, for justice, for free speech.”

He wasn’t done.

“It was a terrible night for poor people, for the middle class, for seniors who rely on Social Security, for our allies in Ukraine, for NATO.”

Reports say tears began to form as his voice started to tremble. Jimmy…Get a grip!!

In academics, some are overwhelmed. A southern California public high school teacher cursed up a storm in an Advanced Placement history class on November 6th. His vitriol was targeted against President-elect Donald Trump. Fortunately for all, that teacher has been placed on administrative leave.

Next up…a University of Oregon staff member—Leonard Serrato—was also placed on leave after publishing post-election comments that told conservatives they could go “jump off of a ****ing bridge.” This man serves as the assistant director of fraternity and sorority life at the UofO in Eugene, Oregon.

Anger management classes might be in his future.

And according to Campus Reform, Michigan State University Professor Shlagha Borah canceled classes after Trump won the election. This assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures, allegedly told her students in a November 6th memo,

“I am cancelling class today to grieve the presidential election results. As a queer, immigrant woman of color, I cannot, in good conscience, go on about my day like everything is alright.”

My favorite reaction of all is the one supposedly spreading on TiK Tok. Women in South Korea have gone on the offensive toward men who they feel are uncivil—even abusive. The “4B Movement” as it’s known, first appeared in the 2010s. Now flowering in the US, participants are women who are encouraged “not to marry, date, sleep with, or have children with men until all genders have equal rights.”

This site has received millions of views. Here’s what one woman posted:

“Doing my part as an American woman by breaking up with my Republican boyfriend last night & officially joining the 4b movement this morning.”

Boy, won’t HE be surprised?? Well….maybe not.

By now you get the picture. I don’t have empirical evidence on this, but I am pretty sure that conservatives don’t lose their cool in similar snowflake fashion. Is it time for a reality wake up call?  I hope so.

If you want to change the world, check your emotions. As the writer of Proverbs says,

“Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.” (Proverbs 16:32, ESV)

Meanwhile, is there a “Snowflake Rehabilitation Center?”

We need one.