Where did this idea that people should live in a world where they are never offended come from? Seems like a very childish way to see the world to me.
It used to be called Common Politeness, and the inspiration for that was The Golden Rule. Do not try to tell me that wasn't a better way to live....letting your flapping gums hurt others? Really?
It actually started in the 70’s when it was actually needed because of the victory of the civil rights movement and more and more women were entering the workplace as something other than secretaries.
And unfortunately because some people were purposely out of touch with the changes in society well that and companies just didn’t need or want any lawsuits or bad press from the ACLU or other rights groups.
Which is what lead to sensitivity training and workplace harassment classes and now sexual orientation and identity have been added ( I identify as a human being btw )
But now the REAL reason for all of this is because mommy and daddy are part time as fuck because the economy demands that they both work and society says that they should also go to the gym or hangout with friends and coworkers their are raising themselves.
And since they’ve been instructed to never hit no matter what and other kids are always going to be douche nozzles they get bullied and have no outlet. So after a while of this they decide to go to school one day and eliminate their tormentors.
So because this has happened a couple of times a year a segment of society instead of actually punishing bullies or hell just letting these kids get it on and out of their system they have decided that we’re not going to use trigger words.
Which guess what guys rest soully upon the receiver. YAY!!
So if me and you want to talk about the game while in the lunch room and Mary j uptight hears us and decides because her ex boyfriend from 10 years ago was a verbally abusive football player that now it’s crippling to her to have to listen anyone talking about football.
And since common fucking sense is on the path of the dinosaurs our workplace is going to make it so that no one can talk about football.
Now the real issue with this is if anyone remembers when the schools told our kids that no matter what you do your parents cannot punish you physically and if they do you just call Child protective services and the police will come and arrest your parents.
So the next they got mad at you they destroyed something and then informed of their new power.
Well guess what folks they’re grown up now and have learned that being offended can get people that they don’t like fired or attacked on social media.
Congratulations us protecting our kids has turned them into vindictive little fucks ????????
I don't see any of the scenarios actually happening in the real world.. could you find an example or two ? sure.. but not enough to state it's an issue..
People who are offended offend themselves.
Where is the proof that this is actually a thing?
Are you saying I don't have the right to not listen to someone I find offensive? Because that idea has been around for a long time..
No that’s the point you don’t have to listen to them but others might and somehow a certain segment of our society has decided to take away the voices of who they oppose and use “ Offended “ as their reasoning.
It would be the same as getting up on a Sunday morning coming across a preacher and demanding that he no longer be allowed to preach on television when all you had to is change the fucking channel.
@48thRonin our culture changes all the time.. it wasnt that long ago that saying Fuck was horrible but Nigger was completely acceptable..
The only examples I can think of where "take away the voices of who they oppose" actually happens is with hate speech..
And that wasnt a "certain segment" , it was the majority of us that decided that..
@hippydog You asked to whether or not you had the right to listen to someone who is being offensive.
My view on that is if you do come across something that you personally find offensive you have the right to change the channel move on or even interject with questions of your own.
I just used the tv preacher as an example because in all actuality it was one of them that started the whole radio and tv censorship that’s all
The right always decries political correctness, but there is plenty of politically correct views on the right. Even the suggestion that some (if not all) guns should be banned is politically incorrect. It's dismissed as crazy or completely impossible, as if the second amendment can't be amended because amending the amendments is impossible...except that other time we did it. (Or suggesting massive levels of responsibility on gun owners as they do in some other countries--because, you know, we like to be irresponsible gun owners because freedom.) Or suggesting we do away with the electoral college--think of the vast amounts of mostly empty land that won't get a say, while big cities filled with people and votes will get an equal say to those living in North Dakota or Wyoming? Again, politically incorrect to even suggest it. And you better not point out the lopsided representation in the Senate. How often have Senators who represent a minority of the population passed things that will have far reaching consequences for decades to come? Or what about the suggestion of mandating voting or paying a small fine...the way they do in Australia? We can't have that, as we don't really want more people voting.
We have criminal laws, and enforce it fairly strictly. Doesn't mean that we believe we "should live in a world where there is no crime." That would be unrealistic. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't have criminal laws.
There is "offended" and there is "offended." Some offensiveness is inevitable, may be negligible. Some others not so much. It is not binary or discreet. Clearly, there are things that people can say to you that you might find offensive. We all do. There is a line that should not be crossed. But that line isn't completely subjective, or individualistic.
For example, someone can call me an asshole. I am ok with that, and probably the majority of people would agree that is not that offensive. It is a negligible level. But if someone were to call me "chink" or a "gook" I would find that highly offensive. I also believe that the majority of people would also agree with me that it is highly offensive and should not be done. Among some community, there may be people who might find that term not so offensive. It is a matter of raising the awareness why that term may be very offensive. This raising the awareness does NOT mean that I believe "people should live in a world where they are never offended."
It appears that you have been a victim to the counter-propaganda against the efforts to raise some awareness of what we do and what we say.