To be deeply offended

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Is it me, or is it so much easier to offend people now a day.

There are more protected characteristics (rightly so) but I almost feel like I'm always stepping on egg shells and concerned about upset someone.

Does anyone share this feeling?

You twist word to suit your own narrative. You ignore the majority of a post and focus on one aspect which stunningly you can't even get right.
Stop trying to look for offense in every thing someone/I posts, the irony of what your doing on a thread about how easily people are offended is comical, if nothing else it's given me a good laugh tonight.

I thought you may decide you're 'out' when asked why you not being able to use one word you never need to use is a 'minefield'.

"Stop looking for offence in everything"

"I'm not allowed to say one word that I never need to say and has nothing to do with me"

Throw in the "but I have friends that are x y and z" and you have a full house.

Comical indeed.

This... is strange how people voicing their own thoughts so quickly turns to argument.

I bet debates were more fun prior to the sensitivity of man

On another thread about funny things toddlers say... someone suggested they were racist children! At 3 years old?! How stupid.

No

But er, hell yeah a 3yo can be RACIST(previous poster) Of course they can :(

Has anyone posted this link yet?

Nowadays people seem to be desperate to be offended.

Really??

My DS had no idea he had different skin colour to his peers until he was about 7?! Guess it nothing we ever discussed or drew attention too.

What a nice naive way I had hoped all children grew up 😔

Intentionally so??

But age of legal responsibility is 11, so surely any racism from a 3 year old child would just be a learnt behaviour or copying it wouldn't be racism with intent as adults may do?

The same way a child might make fat comments out loud or general rude observations with no filter?

Surely no 3 year old can full understand what they are saying and the implications it has. To suggest that seems a bit cruel.

Not at all. I'm a very open and honest person who will say it like it is but I find it easy not to offend people because I respect people. I am aware. If there is something I'm confused about, it is super easy to google or ask respectfully.

The people who offend people do so because they're dicks. Because they're prejudiced etc.

I have 4 kids and they have never ever described their friends of different races by their race. Even when to me it would have been obvious. They don't use appearance to describe them at all. They say my friend from class/sports/such and such friend.

They also don't talk about where kids are from originally (or their parents are from). I can only tell because of the names.

Why? Because it isn't important to them. What's important is that they're friends or not friends. That they like to play on the xbox or hang out or do the same sport.

They don't even see any difference because they haven't been raised in an environment where that has been pointed out as a differentiator so they don't see it. Neither positively nor negatively.

these days, you cant say offensive things anymore because people are empowered to call you out

In the past, you could make unkind jokes but it wasn't right then, just that people didn't speak up

People have always been offended. Thats not
New.

These days 🤣

@Vikinga

Agree

I think the person trying to suggest a 3 year old can be intentionally racist is being ridiculous. Either that, or they are one of those who take offence to everything. Kids say loads of things they don't really understand and they don't mean to cause offence though.