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Has being "offended" become a professional industry?

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Reply 20

Mystery.

Original post by the bear

do you realize how offensive that is to people who are unable to read ? :fuhrer:

is there no end to your wickedness ?

Uh-oh.

Dnt kill me plz

Reply 21

the bear

Original post by Quantex

Yes, and it is something that is spread throughout the political spectrum. Just look at Bahar Mustafa, a previously irrelevant diversity officer who rose to fame simply because people were lining up for the opportunity to be offended by her.
Or Katie Hopkins who makes a living out of being offended by people being offended.

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Reply 22

alexschmalex

TSR is a great example of people being offended for no reason.... "OMG you eat meat? TRIGGERED"

America is just a cesspool of pathetically offended people though

Reply 23

TheOtherSide.

Yep, it has, in the form of third wave feminists.

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Reply 24

Josb

Original post by TheOtherSide.

Yep, it has, in the form of third wave feminists.

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I don't want to know what will be the fourth wave. :hide:

Reply 25

the bear

Original post by Josb

I don't want to know what will be the fourth wave. :hide:

Reply 26

Kvothe the Arcane

Indeed. Look at youtubers like anti sarkesian and their generous patreon donations.

Reply 27

Ayyylmaoo

This thread title triggers me and I am seriously offended!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want special treatment NOW!!

Reply 28

username927016

I hate when people read too much into things & get offended over really small things, it's like "why so serious?". I'm generally a light-hearted person myself so it can often be very annoying!

Reply 29

Truths

Not as much as being offensive. Look at all those Alt right youtube personalities.

Reply 30

viddy9

Far too many people are too quick to take offence, and many try to find as many reasons as possible to be offended.

This occurs across the political spectrum. Many Trump supporters, and Brexit supporters, get offended when "liberals" make generalizations about them, or insult them, or say nasty things about them and their levels of education. Despite many of these same people admirably taking a stance against cultural relativism, they suddenly start saying that "liberals" should respect the Trump-supporting culture of the Deep South, or the Brexit-supporting culture of 'Middle England'.

And, of course, on university campuses and elsewhere, some people concerned about social justice take offence far too easily, hide in safe spaces and claim that they have been micro-aggressed.

That said, far too many people who really are being sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic - and so on - now claim that people who vehemently oppose their views are being "politically correct" as opposed to decent human beings.

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Reply 31

KimKallstrom

OP you didn't put a trigger warning in the title :angry:

Pissed in my cereal that has. My safe space is in tatters :afraid:

Reply 32

Pinkberry_y

Yes. Human rights lawyers

Reply 33

PTMalewski

I have just received a yellow card from TSR for "offensive" and "discrimination".
I wonder what they didn't like exactly.

Reply 34

blue n white army

Can't be bothered to wheel out that stephen fry quote but that sums it all up entirely.

People have a right to feel offended but that right shouldn't affect anything, it shouldnt lead to safe spaces or trigger warning or p'reople being censored. If you are offended by something just suck it up an move on.

Reply 35

username1292215

1300- Im dieing from the plague
1800- im a child working in a factory
1900- I have to go and fight in a war
Today- I AM OFFENDED

SMH

Reply 36

mariachi

Original post by Lady Comstock

I think it has.

Someone, usually a public figure, says or does something that "professional offendees" jump on because they find a way to construe the statement or act in a way that might offend at least one person or a handful of people.