If you don't take offense when somebody tells you "screw you," what do you take offense at? He wasn't saying "screw those rare individuals who don't measure up to the standard." He was saying "Screw the Coast Guard, National Guard, NOPD etc." In other words, "screw you." He was referring to some of my family and friends, and I take offense at that. I'm not sure who he meant by "etc," but that probably includes some more of my family and friends.
Nov3 felt peoples liberties were violated. He made a quackery of an argumt though. I was a boston commuter for nearly a decade and I work in construction. If I took offense to every "screw you" i would be perpetually offended.
What really offends me are the anti war protestors now and the ones in the 60-70's, especially the maggots who spit on my uncle upon his return from Viet Nam.