[metmom]

There is a difference between true injustice--such as that which motivated our initial revolution in 1776 up through the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s--and a sense of entitlement going “wrong.” When we look for an insult just so that we can make political points, we are being petty and fake. Such personal, perceived injustices, chips on our shoulders, and the inability to forgive--these actions and positions lead to more entrenched political divisions as easily as such actions in a dysfunctional family.

This is what is wrong with much of our society.

People need to stop being so easily offended.

I guess that's what happens when the level of prosperity that we are currently enjoying comes to fruition.

People aren't so busy making a living and staying alive to that now they can focus on petty stuff like that.

[Simon Green]

People need to stop being so easily offended.

When someone says that my opinion offends them, I simply reply, "So what"?

[sparklite2]

People need to stop being so easily offended.

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Not gonna happen. Thanks to the web, for better or worse,
people are now able to surround themselves with opinions that they are sympathetic to on both an inter-personal online level and by news aggregation of like-minded journalism.

Not having to deal with opposite-thinkers online bleeds over into meat space, where the proud assertion of horse pucky seems more egregious than in the past, and restraint to respond to it is diminished.

The anonymity of online commenting is so natural, we forget that real life confrontation is a different beast.