Do You Get Easily Offended By What People Do or Don’t Do? (page 3)

Jeffro

Not offended. More disappointed with the presentation of nonsense rather than the nonsense itself.

Jeffro

minimus:

Companies will always look for the bottom line how much money are they going to make or not make.

Obviously. And?

Jeffro

minimus:

Jeffro has issues with the Murdoch press. Talks about any newspapers he doesn’t like.

Just an observation of where a lot of the divisive rhetoric comes from. If I’d seen it coming from somewhere else, I would say so. Doesn’t seem as though you’re making any legitimate point.

minimus

CNN has derisive rhetoric. MSNBC. The New York Times. The Daily News. The Washington Post. I’ll say so since you like to keep your blinders on. I’m embarrassed for you...but not offended. 😎

Jeffro

minimus:

CNN has derisive rhetoric. MSNBC. The New York Times. The Daily News. The Washington Post.

They probably do. And if I see a thread on here using their divisive nonsense I’ll say so. But the majority of recent divisive threads of this nature on this forum seem to be yours, and they are primarily (if not totally) drawn from the Murdoch press.

minimus

They probably do? You’re a phony

snare&racket

It is very simple....

Nobody has the right to NOT be offended.

It is not a LEFT or RIGHT political issue. It's relevant to all humans that have a differing point of view on any passionate/emotive topic.

If you feel offended by the feelings or speech or actions of someone with differing view to your own.... that is for you to deal with, not the other party.

Jeffro

minimus:

They probably do? You’re a phony

That's the best you've got? My casual use of the word 'probably' is 'problematic' for you? But you're the one who keeps posting things - from Murdoch sources - that you're 'offended' about (which often includes misinformation). I'm just responding to the nonsense you've provided. Unlike you, I don't seek out this nonsense.

snare&racket:

If you feel offended by the feelings or speech or actions of someone with differing view to your own.... that is for you to deal with, not the other party.

Exactly. The people who complain that they're 'offended' are just as tedious as the tendentious responses to such nonsense. But that doesn't mean some commercial entity is intrinsically 'wrong' for rebranding something that is supposedly offensive if they figure they'll make more money by changing (though this often backfires). Some people seem to think that for-profit companies are providing a public service. 🤦‍♂️

It is particularly odd that some people suddenly become so attached to some cartoon character or product mascot when it is 'attacked' for being 'offensive' when they otherwise would have been completely ambivalent about it.

oppostate

I don't get easily upset about what ignorant people do or say.

But concerning the Confederate flag it's just one of those facepalm moments.

Confederate flags are like Nazi flags, they're symbols of politically charged statements.

Not recognizing what these symbols mean to the people who originally made them is the problem.

If you refuse to educate yourself about something you end up sounding ignorant in front of others.

Why do fanatical religionists from Iran, AlQaeda and Daesh like to burn the US flag? Because it has meaning for them. Flags have meaning. Symbols have meaning. I'd proudly wave The Ol'Stars and Stripes in their face to irritate the crap out of any Muslim fanatic!

To wave the Confederate Battle flag or the Nazi flag in front of me is an irritation to me because of the meaning these symbols convey.

People who wave the Confederate, Nazi or Daesh flag are all fanatical hateful people in my opinion.

Anony Mous

@oppostate, as said earlier, what you think of as the confederate flag is not the confederate flag, people understood that for centuries. Only in the last 2 decades has it become “offensive” because ignorant people declared it as such.

There is nothing offensive to me about waving any flag, it lets us know where you stand. Whether it’s the white power raised fist (which has been pretty much eradicated from view) or the black power raised fist (which is now everywhere in BLM imagery), whether it’s Nazi or socialist-anarchist flags (which is now everywhere in Antifa imagery), so-called confederate, US Northerner or actual Southern battle flags, your freedom of speech trumps my right to be offended.

if you’re offended about racism, then you don’t understand humans. All humans are flawed, some are racists, some are evil, all are ignorant about some things, education, not persecution is the best way. It’s what MLK taught about freedom that the majority of people have forgotten. Racism from either side, whether it’s KKK white supremacy or BLM black supremacy is evil, whatever flag they fly that under is not important, the way of thinking, that you are somehow better or some people are worse than others because of your or their skin color is an evil in and of itself. White supremacy has effectively been eradicated since the Democrat party morphed itself in the 60s and 70s from being the party of the KKK against Civil Rights into a socialist welfare party. Black supremacy is making a comeback, this pendulum will swing.

Do You Get Easily Offended By What People Do or Don’t Do?

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