Posted on 02/13/2018 4:38:07 PM PST by Rummyfan
For reasons I may never understand, a lot of people in 2018 America regard victimhood as a sort of currency. The worse off you claim to be, the higher your status. Every minute of every day is a competition to see who's the most oppressed. Who's the most offended. And when your entire identity centers around how badly you're being wronged, no slight is too slight. The better you're doing in life, the harder you have to work to stay #woke.
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I get offended by lots of things, every single day. I'm offended that some news outlets hate the Trump administration so much that they'll swoon over representatives of a totalitarian slave state if they think it'll hurt Mike Pence's feelings. I'm offended that most of the media is still protecting the identity of UVA rape-hoaxer Jackie Coakley, as if she's actually the victim of the crime she completely made up. I'm offended that lefties celebrate anthrax scares against family members of powerful politicians, as long as a Republican is in the White House. I'm offended that whenever I point out that not every single thing in the world is racist or sexist or homophobic, I get racists and sexists and homophobes trying to high-five me.
But that's my problem. Nobody has the right to not be offended. I'd like to think my reasons for being offended are better than your reasons, but it's nobody's problem but mine.
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If you have time to be offended, you need a more interesting life.
Kat Timpf is offended that somebody’s stealing her act.
Well, I don’t give a damn about your “sense of offense” any more than those you’re railing about.
You tell me you’re “offended”, and I’m going to turn toward you, smile, hold out my waiting handshake, and say, “Well, nice to meet you Mr. Offended...I’m Frank.”.
The more you show you give a damn, the more they will milk it.
Every victim needs a villain. So to claim victimhood, you need to find some innocent bystander to make into your personal bad guy. The most offensive people are not the ones being pointed at, it’s the ones doing the finger pointing.
Join my group! People Offended by Offended People, or POOP. (Stolen from another FReeper whose handle I can’t recall.)
“Nobody has the right to not be offended.” PERIOD!
Only pussies are “offended”. Normal people are either pissed off or don’t give a rip.
Al Capp was way ahead of the curve with S.W.I.N.E.
Harumphffff!
I remain staunchly unoffended.
;-)
I gave up on the whole victim thing.
Life is hard. It’s hard for everyone. Suck it up and carry on. Women in the workplace who think they aren’t treated well? Who cares? You want to play with the boys? That’s what it’s like. No special rules for you, sweetie.
I ignore liberal victims unless they’re bleeding on the sidewalk and ask for a bandaid, which I do carry in my wallet.
If one has time to be “pissed off” at someone’s opinions or use of terms, one needs a more interesting life. Visit the public library.
I’d like to get in early on POOP.
The original bill of rights was 11 amendments. The 11th, Right to be free from offense was lost at the printers.
There’s no more oppressed group in the USA than white males.
Been that way for a loooong time, with no prospect of changing much anytime soon.
He really says it in the first 40 seconds but it's good to the end.
“For reasons I may never understand, a lot of people in 2018 America regard victimhood as a sort of currency.”
For crying out loud, victimhood has been a currency forever. Do these people ever read history??? Lordy, stupidity reigns.
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