Could you image if people wanted to impose laws so that EVERYONE was politically correct?
It's like putting a curb chain on each person as they walk around, letting the end drag, and the authorities could yank on it when you were out of line.
"I want to live in a democracy, but I never want to be offended again!" OXYMORON.
"you can't say that- someone might be offended by it"
And what happens when someone gets offended? I mean, being offended is subjective, right? Each person has their own set of core values, beliefs, their traditions, their opinions. Being offended is directly related to you as an individual, or you as a group of people, or as a collective or a community or society.... Are we really supposed to walk around on eggshells around everyone IN CASE we might offend them?
Side note- what offends you probably doesn't offend me... so how can they make a law that blankets offensiveness??? And is this really truly seriously a topic of discussion? Maybe I'll move to the UK... they even have naked weather girls there... and they have no problem saying "Oy! F*ck off mate" for no reason. They sound like nice people, they sound like my kind of people.
When did "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me" stop being the motto??
When we got called names, our parents would calm us down and say "don't worry about it" or in the famous words of Elsa "Let it go!"... because ACTIONS spoke louder than words.
"I'm Italian"
"I'm offended, because back in the mobster days an Italian whacked a friend of the family and we never let that go, so you must be a scumbag too".
"I'm offended you just called me a scumbag because I only call people that when they've actually done something to me and earned that title."
If you are conditioned to be offended on a regular basis, or to always be the victim, you will be offended by everything. If you are conditioned to turn the other check or let others be (live and let live? ever heard that saying??) or anything like that- then you will keep on keeping on.
Agree to disagree.
It's like putting a curb chain on each person as they walk around, letting the end drag, and the authorities could yank on it when you were out of line.
"I want to live in a democracy, but I never want to be offended again!" OXYMORON.
"you can't say that- someone might be offended by it"
And what happens when someone gets offended? I mean, being offended is subjective, right? Each person has their own set of core values, beliefs, their traditions, their opinions. Being offended is directly related to you as an individual, or you as a group of people, or as a collective or a community or society.... Are we really supposed to walk around on eggshells around everyone IN CASE we might offend them?
Side note- what offends you probably doesn't offend me... so how can they make a law that blankets offensiveness??? And is this really truly seriously a topic of discussion? Maybe I'll move to the UK... they even have naked weather girls there... and they have no problem saying "Oy! F*ck off mate" for no reason. They sound like nice people, they sound like my kind of people.
When did "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me" stop being the motto??
When we got called names, our parents would calm us down and say "don't worry about it" or in the famous words of Elsa "Let it go!"... because ACTIONS spoke louder than words.
"I'm Italian"
"I'm offended, because back in the mobster days an Italian whacked a friend of the family and we never let that go, so you must be a scumbag too".
"I'm offended you just called me a scumbag because I only call people that when they've actually done something to me and earned that title."
If you are conditioned to be offended on a regular basis, or to always be the victim, you will be offended by everything. If you are conditioned to turn the other check or let others be (live and let live? ever heard that saying??) or anything like that- then you will keep on keeping on.
Agree to disagree.
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