> Now people are weak, emotionally weak, so easily offended. Or, more likely, they play up their "offendedness" and victimhood in order to gain the moral high

> Now people are weak, emotionally weak, so easily offended. Or, more likely, they play up their "offendedness" and victimhood in order to gain the moral high ground over their opponents. People didn't just suddenly become easier to offend -- it has a payoff for them in political leverage.