Many snowflakes make a winter storm

I have been hunting for days to find the origin of this use of the word snowflake, and there seems to be no derivative answer, no one person to blame for coining the phrase. Probable a good thing as at the moment the use of such a term is making my blood boil. More than any other slang term I have had thrown at me for some reason. But I can't work out why such an innocent term is causing such a violent emotional outburst.

There have been many times such slang has been thrown about to define a generation who care to fight back. But none as offensive as snowflake ! For it makes us sound like something transparent and delicate that easily melts and goes away. It's the most insulting of slang, that I have heard for years so like the LGBTQA community fought back but embracing certain terms used against them I seek to start the same process.

For a start let's look at the real definition of the word snowflake.

A snowflake is either a single ice crystal or an aggregation of ice crystals which falls through the Earth's atmosphere as snow.^[1] Each flake nucleates around a dust particle insupersaturated air masses by attracting supercooled cloud water droplets, which freezeand accrete in crystal form. Complex shapes emerge as the flake moves through differing temperature and humidity zones in the atmosphere, such that individual snowflakes differ in detail from one another, but may be categorized in eight broad classifications and at least 80 individual variants. The main constituent shapes for ice crystals, from which combinations may occur, are needle, column, plate and rime. Snowflakes appear white in color despite being made of clear ice. This is due to diffuse reflection of the whole spectrum of light by the small crystal facets. ^[2]

Once snowflakes land and accumulate, they undergo metamorphosis with changes in temperature and coalesce into a snowpack. The characteristics of the snowpack reflect the changed nature of the constituent snow crystals.

When it's broken down like this there are a few positives we can us to turn this on the people who are using to spite us. For a start the snowflake is defined as having complex shapes. A good way of describing the human race, each individual and complex. The snow flake is created by moving through different temperature and humidities, another good description of how a human is created, by traveling through life. The description of a snowflake continues by saying there is a broad 8 deferentials with 80 sub definition. Again as generalise as different geographical origins of humans, or even cultures. 

But the bit I love the most is the way the description says a snowflake is constructed to defuse the whole spectrum of light. Now that is the biggest compliment anyone to say they are able to defuse and reflectthe entire spectrum. Now that makes the biggest insult become the biggest compliment.

Now take one little snow flake all on its own, and it doesn't achieve much other than to look pretty. However many many many flakes all united in the same place at the same time and the effects can vary from mild inconvenience to total chaos with results varying in levels of destruction. As one human shouting on their own does little but a lot gathered together can destroy. A snowstorm can blind anyone, freeze everything  and destroy anything it is way, as long as the climate allows.

Now think about calling so many upset and offended humans snowflakes, in a climate of political and social unrest? You are creating your own snowstorm, with possible repercussions of equal devastion to the system.

Ok I'm still not happy about being called a delicate little snowflake, but at least I know know i a one little flake in a winters torment, and this storming is brewing for the perfect moment to hit and cause complete chaos. Welcome to our winter.