As the decades go by, and under the premise that we are making people not to offend others, we are creating a world of victims, fools of being offended. No more can you hold opinions or ideals that collide with people of difference cultures, races, creed, sexuality, religion, hair color, etc. While the idea of growing a society that is tolerant is a utopian's dream, we are heading down the road that essentially everything is offensive.
For example we have the story of Southwest Airlines being sued (and lost) for a stewardess playing of a nursery rhyme "Eenie, meenie, minie, moe; pick a seat, we gotta go" to help hurry passengers onto the plane. Apparently because at one small point in history (and very few people know of it) there used to be a more negative connotation of this to be offensive to negros. Or how about the Dutch attempting to take the word thin out of the dictionary.
Also from the same article a HR's attempt to take out hard working from job descriptions because it discriminates against the lazy.
Of course we have to be offended by stuffed bears since the Vermont Teddy Bear Company was playing with controversy because their "Crazy For You!" stuffed toy had a straight jacket, offending the mentally handicapped. Or how about body part labels being evil and disgusting because a parent is offended to answer a question about anatomy making The Vagina Monologues to be renamed The Hoohaa Monologues in Florida.
Furthermore, old stories are horrible because the state of Maryland decided to not use To Kill A Mockingbird even though the class was about "Questionable Words".
All of this boils down to the point that our society had become a bunch of whiny victims of choice. Sure some people are racist, biased, sexist, homophobic, < insert label here >, but the moment that we censor all the distaste we close all channels of discussion. Is this a good example to set for our future generations? To be effortlessly offended and sue when even the smallest discomfort is confronting them instead of starting up a dialog?
Our belligerent and easily offended society is plunging down a perilous path that would prefer to view mindless entertainment rather than participate in their communities. People who would rather sit in their own little bubbles than engage with other people. When something is discomforting they are unable to handle it. I for one plan to teach my children to "tolerate the intolerant." If society has not figured out a way to completely censor everything offensive at that point, then I don't think we will have anything left to talk about.
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boss trombone: Go suck a sausage
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Rammer
what's with all this white text and the dominantly white picture? are you some kind of white supremest?
GIVE #000000 A CHANCE >:C
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Hahahaha.