CRS
Chandler, Arizona, United States

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Why Would You Want to Never Be Offended?

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

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I never understand why people brag about nothing offending them. I've never seen how this is supposed to, apparently, be a good quality. Being able to say that you're difficult to offend, that's fine, but to say nothing offends you? For one thing, I'll bet you're exaggerating. I'll bet something offends you. But my point is, I don't know how someone could be proud of being incapable of being offended. If nothing offends you, then that means you don't care about anything. And if you have no care for anything, then you're a sociopath. Now, I'm not saying that every person who claims nothing offends them is a sociopath, I'm saying every person who claims nothing offends them and is not a sociopath is lying, and they're lying to, I don't know, make themselves look more hard-ass.

I admit that I'm difficult to offend, especially through the traditional means. A depiction of the Virgin Mary made entirely out of human excrement doesn't bother me. The usage of the term "nigger" in Huckleberry Finn doesn't offend me, nor does the same word in Tarantino films. The naked body never offends me, and sex doesn't offend me aside from very specific, generally illegal circumstances. Explicit lyrics don't offend me. Penis jokes don't offend me.

But just because I would say it's difficult to offend me doesn't mean I'm not offendable. Lots of things offend me. Bigots, racists, sexists, and homophobes offend me. Pedophiles offend me. College guys who cruise high schools looking for tail offend me. Guys who hit their girlfriends offend me. Religious nutcases who allow their "values" to give themselves an inflated sense of self-worth or to champion unjust causes offends me. Censorship of any kind offends me. Anybody who supports the Bush administration offends me. The neo-conservative movement offends me, along with the pro-life and intelligent design movements. Anyone who spreads or otherwise supports ignorance in any way offends me, even if they don't know that's what they're doing. Then again, there are so many of the above mentioned people, and their work so prevalent in today's society, maybe I am easily offended. Just not by the desecration of sacred cows or by naughty words and images.
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