[Straight Vermonter]

1. The ACLU offends me. From their defense of NAMBLA, to their ridiculous notion that non-citizens have the same rights as citizens of this country, to their defense of the abortion industry. I should file suit against them in Federal Court and force them to shut down, after all, I am offended.

Our rights are not granted to us by virtue of our citizenship. They are natural rights which know no borders. At least that was the idea our founders had.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

[firewalk]

Hope my statements don't offend you ;-)

Great post! Thank you!

[Psalm 73]

Great essay.
The only thing (and it's small) that I don't agree with entirely is: "... notion that non-citizens have the same rights as citizens of this country..."
My views are the same as those of the poster a few comments back, with the caveat:
In the current instance I see the Arab detainees in question as not civil criminals but war criminals, and should be treated as hostile combatants who just happen to not be wearing uniforms (against the Geneva Convention mind you).
Other than that, I agree 100%

[Revelation 911]

Im offended no one has horsewhipped you for this vanity

[ThreeOfSeven]

Unfortunately, a group with media power and political muscle can manipulate public opinion to establish pc orthodoxy and pull politician's strings to enact its agenda into law.

[eureka!]

Didn't Ted Nugent write this? ;^)

Seriously, nicely done. I'm similarly offended...

[bwteim]

Vanity posts deeply offend me and my dogs, Brytani. </ grin>

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[EdReform]

Bump!

[maxwell]

I'm offended I can't smoke in this laboratory. Oh well, that's what whiskey's for...

[OWK]

I am offended that the right to Free Speech as well as Freedom of Religion has been removed from anyone attending a public school.

I am offended that more conservatives don't realize that the very EXISTENCE of public schools violates our rights to free speech and religion.

Public schools rely on government force to make people pay for the advancement of ideas they do not share or condone. That is foundationally immoral.

If conservatives spent half as much time trying to get rid of public schools altogether, as they did trying to bend an inherently immoral institution to their own purposes, the world would be a better place.

[gjenkins]

"I am offended that the right to Free Speech as well as Freedom of Religion has been removed from anyone attending a public school."

Why aren't you offended by public schools? I am offended you apprently believe I should pay to send your kids to school.

[mlocher]

thanks for the post. did you know that conservatives are not allowed to rant and rave? did you know that liberals are not allowed to feel your pain? these are laws you know.

you are supposed to work your 16 hours a day from age 18 to 65, take a couple weeks off each year to see your family and hand over two thirds of your paycheck to fund the research of those who have been blessed with feeling the pain of others?

please quit whining. you are making the rest of us mad because we now know what it means to be offended.

[usconservative]

I'm wondering how long this HATE SPEECH is going to live here on FR.

How dare you claim the ACLU & NAMBLA are offensive. Why, there's just here to help us understand homosexuality and help us be more "tolerant" of other people's views! (/puke mode)

Mega Ditto's to everything you said.

[Red Jones]

I like your vanity post, you have a good point.

[Atticus]

This is the best original piece I've read here in a while. Nice job!

[Red Jones]

I saw on tv this morning that some wife had an affair, then she told her minister, then the minister told her husband, then the husband divorced the wife, then the wife sued the minister because she said he destroyed her marriage. The jury took $65,000 from the church to compensate the woman. It is insanity. So in the future when a similar event occurs the minister will feel pressure to shelter the husband from this knowledge in order to protect the financial situation of the church. How just is it that all of those people who donated the 65 grand to the church have it taken like that.

[LaBradford22]

I find the notion of all of these things offensive, and the fact that I've been reminded of so many offensive things offends me deeply. The fact that so many people are offended so easily offends me. I'm offended by their offensive nature.

[Brett66]

You should of named this post "I'm a offended American" it would've circulated around the internet, been e-mailed to half the people on the planet and reposted on Freerepublic about 100 times. ;)

[ClancyJ]

I agree. In fact, I had just posted a similar thought on the FR-Fraud thread. Those offended in this society are given so much power. Yet, when I am offended that they take away my rights - I am ignored.

How do we determine who that is offended gets listened to? I am offended when I cannot pray because others were offended and prayer is banned. I am offended when I cannot hang a flag, yet others were listened to when they complained? What about my rights?

How come the ACLU only helps those who are making Americans quit something because it offends them - yet, when I am offended by their goal of making me give up something, I am ignored.

Where are my constitutional rights of freedom to enjoy what I currently have even though someone in this country does not like that I have it.

What happens when someone is offended by my house, my car, my job, my income?

Guess I'll just have to find another country where I can be free to enjoy what I have.