What DU Lounge threads offend you the most? Personally I think

[ohiosmith]

anything goes. If you don't like it turn the channel.

[mr_hat]

1. Being offended. The emotion for the kindergartner in you.

[ohiosmith]

4. Sometimes I get the feeling people look for reasons to be offended.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. I don't think I've ever agreed more with anyone.

[ohiosmith]

13. Honestly? Thank you.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

14. Yeah, I told someone that yesterday, as a matter of fact.

[ohiosmith]

15. Gosh, shucks!

[MichaelHarris]

2. any thread with fighting

well except if a freeper is getting beat up, then its OK.

[ohiosmith]

3. I can't recall the last time someone got a bloody nose from a discussion.

[sus]

5. this one

i'm offended that you would imply that i'm offended.

[ohiosmith]

10. I find your being offended offensive.

[MichaelHarris]

30. so now

your going to throw the offended offensive argument at us? OK, the gloves are off. :)

take this:

[VelmaD]

6. The ones that try to subtly...

restart flamewars that have died down.

BTW, this exact same subject got started earlier today and was locked. Don't know if you saw it but just thought you might like to be forewarned.

[ohiosmith]

7. No I didn't see it. Thanks for the head's up. If it gets locked so be it

[BlueJazz]

8. Not really a thread but an answer...

For an Example: One of the DU Police-Officers posted something like
"I'm a cop..Ask me anything"
Well, one poster posted about 25 answers that were extremely argumentative with the Cop (the cop would say green, the poster would say Blue)
As I said..after about 25 times of this crap, I lost complete interest in the whole thread.
(I actually wanted to tell the poster to shut the Fuck up and go bother someone else...but of course I didn't)

[Van Helsing]

9. I don't get offended.

I have a sense of humor and I know that when people say stuff on this website, it's not meant to be sexist, racist, or any other forms of harassment.

If you don't like it, ignore it. Simple as that. :)

[buddy22600]

12. I agree, if you don't like it dump it

[Pithlet]

16. Yes

We should all run out of DU anyone who has feelings. Run them out on a rail, I say. I can totally see the point of starting this thread after everything had died down. After all, there are probably still some people lurking here who have been offended at some point in their time on DU. They should be outed.

[ohiosmith]

17. Is it possible that being offended is a choice?

[Pithlet]

18. People are different

They have different personalities and have had different life experiences. I don't think it is the biggest virtue in the world to have such a thick skin that nothing ever bothers you. At any rate, I don't think that getting offended at offensive material is all that terrible of a thing. I would think that those who are truly thick skinned wouldn't care either way.

[ohiosmith]

19. Don't you think "offensive material" could be a matter of personal

opinion and somewhat subjective?

[Pithlet]

20. Of course it is.

I'm not arguing that.

[cally]

33. Thanks for your sane comments, Pithlet

I get offended at all those who basically are telling others what to think and feel instead of trying to understand. They are trying to shun those who feel strongly on an issue. All night, I thought about leaving DU over this issue. But I'm not going to let a few immature, insensitive asshats push me out.

[Pithlet]

35. I'm glad you're not leaving.

I have times where I feel like that too. But, I basically tell myself just what you did. I agree with everything you just said.

[johnnie]

21. Strange....

I just finished reading a passage in a book that states

"When you feel offended, you're practicing judgment. You judge someone else to be stupid, insensitive, rude, arrogant, inconsiderate, or foolish, and then you find yourself upset and offended by their conduct. What you may not realize is that when you judge another person, you do not define them. You define yourself as someone who needs to judge others."

I thought this was interesting. I don't remember the last time I got offended. It's easy to find things to be offended about i guess.

[ohiosmith]

22. What an excellent passage. Thanks for sharing it.

[Pithlet]

23. But sometimes

People really ARE being stupid, rude, arrogant, inconsiderate, or foolish. We all are, sometimes. We're only human. And it's okay to call us on it when we are being so.

Besides, isn't it judgmental to judge those who are "easily offended"?

Edited to fix spell check induced typo. And to add that I find it hard to believe that there are so many here who are NEVER offended, or who have never been the offender. Such perfection must be hard to keep up.

[ohiosmith]

25. Stupid, rude, arrogant, inconsiderate, foolish! All opinions.

Not necessarily fact.

[Pithlet]

26. Who has said otherwise? n/t

[ohiosmith]

28. So your opinions are just that? Those stupid, rude, arrogant, fools

may in fact not be stupid, rude, etc.

[Pithlet]

31. Well

I guess it is "only" an opinion when I think white supremacists are stupid, rude, arrogant, fools. I don't see what it has to do with this thread. I still think that judging and calling out people who are offended is a waste of time. And yes, that is my opinion.

[ohiosmith]

34. I find it interesting when race enters a discussion that has had

no reference to it. What could the purpose be? And why would one waste time on "waste of time" activity?

[Pithlet]

36. I was not bringing race into it.

I was using an example of a viewpoint that I find offensive. And I think you know that.

Yes, I do think that telling other people how they should feel is a waste of time.

[ohiosmith]

39. My error. I thought "white" supremacist was a racial term.

[Pithlet]

42. Look.

I was using an example. What is so hard to understand?

[ohiosmith]

44. My apologies.

[johnnie]

27. I offend all the time

And if I do, I apologize. i don't go out of my way to offend anyone, but it seems like some people seem to get offended so easy that you would have to sew your lips shut to please everyone.
I don't think that passage is judgmental of the "easily offended". It is just something that some people might want to think about. To live your life worrying about the opinions and thoughts of others is non-productive in my opinion. I do my best not to let others opinions guide my own life. I don't have the time to really worry about what someone else is saying.

[ohiosmith]

29. Good philosophy. I was once told that to be affected by what others say

about or to me is to submit to their control.

[Pithlet]

32. There is some context

of this thread that you may not be aware of. I basically agree with what you've just said. I do think there are people who are too easily offended. I do think that the intentions of the person "offending" are important.

[ohiosmith]

38. I think one can chose what importance to bestow upon the opinions

of others.

[Pithlet]

40. Okay, how about this

I am a person with feelings. DU is a great place, and the people here are great, but there are times when some things that are said are hurtful, and I have been offended. I will talk, debate, discuss, laugh, cry, and be offended at the posts here, generally enjoying the company of most people here. And not you, or anyone here gets to tell me how I should feel. No one gets to tell me what and what not to be offended about. How is that?

[ohiosmith]

41. You make my point. Only you can decide how to react to any circumstance.

[Pithlet]

43. Um, okay

I thought your point was too many people here were offended. But, it's good that we agree :shrug:

[SOteric]

24. The ones that have fun without me.

[Zomby Woof]

37. The "ask me anything!" threads

:-)