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Maybe the author felt emasculated by the experience, and didn't realize that modern humanity demands attention to all manner of bizarre sensitivities because of
by oldmanjay 11y ago
Maybe the author felt emasculated by the experience, and didn't realize that modern humanity demands attention to all manner of bizarre sensitivities because of a rabid desire to take offense where none is intended.
I do have to admit, I stereotype reporters as absolutely swimming in that particular lagoon, so it's unlikely, but hey, you got to speculate too.
- wavefunction 11y ago"He treated me as if I were a not-man/woman!" Now who could take offense at that?!? Not just the PC, but perhaps others as well. It was a poor and awkward choice of words.
- oldmanjay 11y agoI guess if you get to a) impose your own definitions and b) judge how others feel based on those self-definitions, then you've reached the "crawling up your own ass" stage of looking for ways to be offended. Congratulations! You're ready to join a variety of Twitter and tumblr groups who spend so much time in their own asses they believe such things to be important.