Do you think we take offence to far too many things?

[Kyng]

I don't know, but I've been noticing the trend that people can, and will seemingly find a way to be offended by things I personally don't think they should.

 

Examples posted here include:

http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/342012-%E2%80%98ridiculous%E2%80%99-university-apologizes-for-holding-event-that-served-mexican-food/

http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/topic/342193-uk-student-who-%E2%80%9Cdoesn%E2%80%99t-look-like-a-rapist%E2%80%9D-objects-to-consent-workshops-%E2%80%9Clike-any-self-respecting-individual-would%E2%80%9D/

 

It seems to me that people take stuff waaay too personally.

 

Discuss - is this true to you? Any examples you've noticed recently, and such?

[Partangle the Candle Jangler]

Wow how could you say that. Reported.

[Brinolovania]

Wow how could you say that. Reported.

Wow you made the same joke I was just about to make wtf jabroni.

 

But seriously though, in some cases, we certainly do. Whether or not something is offensive does need to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but as a society, I do think we are kinda too sensitive nowadays.

[ihop]

Someone's always going to get offended at something, it's just in this age it's a lot easier for someone who's offended by something to get their point across and possibly do something about it.

[Tourmaline]

I am particularly insensitive to the criticisms of others (especially because I know I know better) and am not guilty of this in any way. Most people put way too much stock into what others, do or say and should not halt productivity toward self-interest for the satisfaction of another's alien and innate universe. They are already doing that themselves.

[Fusion X. Denver]

There are some people I feel I have to walk on eggshells around and that annoys me a bit, but I also don't think people are really wrong to be offended either. Or at least, I don't see why people should be challenging those who are offended, unless it's blatantly wrong or ignorant.

 

I do think people should lighten up when it comes to humor, though. I don't think I should be criticized for laughing at a racial or sexist joke when I am absolutely neither of those things. Humor makes fun of everything, that's the beauty of it!

[Halubaris Maphotika]

I disagree with the general concept of sensitivity. Even though I used those articles that does not mean I necessarily agree with them.

 

I can't think of a single time I ever agreed with anything said on an article of TheMarySue, but I felt that many on YCMers would take an article from that publisher more seriously. I posted these articles to start discussion, not because I agree with what the article said.

 

I hope I am not giving the impression I am offended easily, because both of those topics happen to be mine XD

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

I think that people can go overboard with what's offensive, yes. However.

 

 

I don't know, but I've been noticing the trend that people can, and will seemingly find a way to be offended by things I personally don't think they should.

I will say that this last part is, in my opinion, not a good thing. It doesn't really matter if someone personally thinks another shouldn't be offended. That's a slippery slope for sure.

People who have dealt with racial and sexist remarks/actions for instance may not take those kind of jokes as well as some others. Even if the person telling it isn't racist/sexist it can make them think of all those times it wasn't a joke. And even among those who have dealt with it the fact is that people feel differently about things. That's the human race.
Should we cater to everyone? Nah. But imo if someone is bothered/uncomfortable with something and they have legitimate concerns then that should at least be looked at and considered. Don't invalidate someone who's offended. Talk with them rationally. If they aren't being rational in return well then that's their problem and you have more cause to disagree.

[Shradow]

People can be too easily offended very often, but what annoys me is when people who are otherwise an unaffected party and have nothing to do with the situation act offended for other people (oftentimes, unnecessarily).

[Makο]

Yes.

 

But it's not such a simple issue. There are some legitimate things to be offended at, and many people take advantage of the whole "over offense" logic to just... be offensive.

 

But the same can be said for the other side. Some people use "being offended" as a means to an end, rather than a legitimate concern.

 

 

Another over-complicated issue with no real answer, and morons on both sides making it worse for everyone. Go figure.

[Resident Fascist]

Oh good lord. Yes, I think western society is raising a bunch of socially insecure ninnies who scream at everything that they're offended and expect people to listen to them. It's become a problem in the world when one can say "I'm offended", and use that as a crutch for basis to start either a verbal or legal argument. 

 

 I have a distinct distaste for third-wave feminism as a movement. And that's not because of I dislike what the movement itself stands for, everything but. In fact, I am very much for equal rights and liberalism. What I have a problem with is the fact the movement has morphed into a cancerous mess of both female supremacists who use the veil of being for equal rights to take bashes at men, broad generalizations and making light of serious incidents like rape with such terms as stare rape, what on earth gives you the right to trivialize sexual attacks by assuming everyone with a Y chromosome is a rapist? I can name several isolated incidents of "feminists" acting in an unfitting manner to what their movement supposedly represents. On the one hand, you have women like Anita Sarkeesian, while she isn't really causing offence to anyone, despite essentially placing herself on a moral high ground where any slight criticism of her (flawed) work is immediately a constitution to harassment and sexism. If Anita truly put pride into her work, criticism would be a starting point for improvement.

 

 Instead, she expects everyone to listen to her beliefs, and essentially claims everything is sexist, racist and homophobic because of reported social constructs, and while some of what she says is rooted in realism, the majority is only "offensive" because Anita decides it is offensive. My problem is less with Anita herself, she's stuck-up and arrogant, and refuses to see the problems with her original thesis without resorting to turning herself into the very damsel in distress trope she's actively fighting, it's her army of rabid social justice warriors who she has made zero attempt to fan the flames of.

 

 On the other, you have the social justice activists who want to further their own propaganda through absolute malice and use the movement of Feminism as a crutch to do so.

 

 

[epicmemesbro]

I've noticed that in recent times some people now consider an opposing opinion to be offensive. This also includes things some people simply don't want to hear...... They may be using being "offended" as a scapegoat to silence critics. Some also resort to calling different opinions they find "offensive" as shaming or victim blaming. I've noticed that this level of intensity of being easily offended varies by region and country. Metropolitan-higher class areas tend to be subject to this sort of behavior.