Are you tired of people getting offended just for the sake of wanting to be offended?

[UnluckyAmateur]

People just want to be bullies without facing any sort of consequences or social fallout for being a bully. If you declare X as a racist/sexist/homophobic/etc. person you can say or do whatever you want to them, ignoring the fact that they are a human.

Nobody wants redemption, nobody wants change, they just want to bully and cause suffering. It's better just to try and focus on yourself instead of criticizing others for character flaws.

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There's literally no more that can be said since you summed up the entirety of the thread.

[Drusin]

Someone looks like they're pregnant because their stomach is wider than normal.
"Offender": "Are you pregnant?"
Victim: "How dare you say and ask a woman that? That's very rude you asshole!"


Someone is Republican & other is Democratic. Both are standing in line.
Person [R]: "Hey, voting red this year right?"
Person [D]: "No, I'm voting blue. I'm a Democrat."
Person [R]: "You stupid fucking libtard! Why don't you leave the country if you hate it so much?!"

Male guy friend with low pitched voice, masculine female friend and a masculine male employee with a high pitched voice wearing skinny jeans.
Guy 1: "Get these you'll get all the girls."
Woman: "I don't like them.".
Employee: "How about these?"
Guy 1: "Are you gay?"
Employee: "That's none of your business."
Guy 1: "I'm a Christian and I don't like gays you fucking faggot."

All of these examples are offensive though lol. I've actually done the inverse of the first one, she was pregnant and I didn't realize because 1. she's fat and 2. she always wears hoodies but I managed to play it off

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

True. For example, I'm actually intelligent.

If you have to say that all the time and even be "reminded" by your sig how true can it be?

[Incarnia]

Something that I have noticed is what poster Boomzy mentions in post #122 and I've begun thinking of it as an real problem, because how on earth will you be able to ever have an intelligent conversation about difficult subjects or engage in an actual discourse if people constantly "win" the argument by taking something you say out of its context (usually)? And twist your words around to make what you said sound offensive, and while doing that automatically slap one of those labels on you - which then dehumanize you and invalidates everything you say in their eyes? Attacking your person then becomes alright, even sometimes "the right" thing to do according to some.
It is also dangerous to do this to groups of people, to group them up like that based on their opinions, and then judge their worth as a human being by them.

[Lochton]

You know humor doesn't have to be racist, right?

You know humour doesn't have to be clinical, right? Besides, the problem isn't only just racial, also gender, professional, country and so on.. Soon we can't even laugh at a silly coloured door..

[Sandraudiga]

Your examples are moronic, and your title and poll don't match.

[Dellis0991]

I don't care about any of that shit. I remember opening the door for a lady to let her in first just because I was being nice and she got offended so I slid past and slam that motherfucka in her face and kept my stride. I got no more time for this shit. How the fuck does me being a kind imply I was being anything other then a kind person I don't understand and I won't try to understand anymore. Do any of ya'll got time for that type of shit?

[Zogarth]

People like to feel superior to others, and nothing is better than being a morally superior individual. It also helps to dehumanize the other, as they are simply a racist/bigot/homophobe/whatever. It kills discussion and makes everything into an ultimatum where you are either with a side, or you are their enemy. Being in the middle is no longer acceptable. And this is only made worse by mob-mentality, and people forming bubbles where arguments and shunned and agreement praised.

Now for your examples, they are more of personal situations. First one is just the first person being rude as fuck, so fuck em. Second one is a perfect example of the whole "us vs you" situation. And the first one is just another bigot. Now, except for the first one, I really don't believe this situations actually happen in real life, and if they do it must be astronomically rare. I personally think that mob mentality through things such as Twitter is way more dangerous than these small encounters.

[Karlz0rz]

In a perfect world, nothing would bother us and everything would be peachy.
But our current reality makes it so that we as humans, have different personalities and life experiences.
What offends you, might not offend the next person.
Instead of complaining about it, just accept the fact that some people will be offended, and just live your life instead!

[Whistl3r]

Every human has the right to be offended and hurt by anything they choose, it's nobody right to say the shouldn't be offended by something or that they should be. We should always be aware of what we are saying and doing that may cause offence to someone, thats being a good person and if we all think that way the worlds a better place.
The whole being offended on someone else's behalf is where society is falling over. On the flip-side, treat other people like you wish to be treated and a lot of it goes away.

[lolpve]

I grew up in the early internet generation where nothing was "toxic" and you needed a fairly thick skin. I don't really like playing with gamers <30 because they tend to be riddled with mental illness like many people in this thread.

[ghathwathar]

Something that I have noticed is what poster Boomzy mentions in post #122 and I've begun thinking of it as an real problem, because how on earth will you be able to ever have an intelligent conversation about difficult subjects or engage in an actual discourse if people constantly "win" the argument by taking something you say out of its context (usually)?

Boomzy made literally thousands of posts defending nazis. There's the problem here. I am not sure if the people in this thread are just irritated by too much political correctness or whatever, or closet alt.right trying to marginalize the impact of hate crimes/other unambiguous racism by focusing on trivialities.

[Zython]

If you have to say that all the time and even be "reminded" by your sig how true can it be?

I never said I had to be reminded.

[ghathwathar]

People just want to be bullies without facing any sort of consequences or social fallout for being a bully. If you declare X as a racist/sexist/homophobic/etc. person you can say or do whatever you want to them, ignoring the fact that they are a human.

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This would be plausible if you hadn't made thousands of posts defending nazis. I think you doth protest too much.

That's ultimately why people don't listen to those who are outraged about being outraged. We can't tell if you are just irritated by too much political correctness (which annoys everyone) or closet alt.right supporters pushing some sinister agenda.

[Vargulf the Happy Husky]

here's the trick. you say something and someone gets offended. now you know what makes them tick. now you lay that shit on thick as PBJ.

shove your views into their dumb little faces as much as you can, they'll sit down.

[ghathwathar]

here's the trick. you say something and someone gets offended. now you know what makes them tick. now you lay that shit on thick as PBJ.

shove your views into their dumb little faces as much as you can, they'll sit down.

This thread ad infinitum:
I'm so outraged about other people being outraged....

[Enthusiastic Steward]

Wait. You're complaining about people overreacting, and thing the solution is to murder them?

Are...are you not listening to yourself?

satire[sat-ahyuh r]
noun
- the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
- a literary genre comprising such compositions.

Sign me the fuck up! As soon as someone gets offended and you retort with "you wanna take this outside?" They'd shut the hell up and eventually learn to keep their mouths shut. Bring it!

Fantastic! Let's take this outside! You choose swords or pistols and I'll think up disparaging things to say about your loved ones, dishonoring their name.

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

I never said I had to be reminded.

The amount of time you bring it up could have fooled me.

[downnola]

This thread is very problematic, plz delete.

Look at all the people who claim they don't get offended easily. Introspection is not a common personality trait around here it seems, lol.

[Bodakane]

I'm offended easily by people being offended easily......

^ Point of thread.