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> Now people are weak, emotionally weak, so easily offended. Back in the day white Americans would throw a goddamn hissy fit if negroes drank out of the same p
by thex10 9y ago
> Now people are weak, emotionally weak, so easily offended.
Back in the day white Americans would throw a goddamn hissy fit if negroes drank out of the same public water fountain. They were so offended by the presence of these folks doing normal human things, and so incapable of handling their emotional responses to it, that beatings and murders and other violence were hardly unheard of.
I encourage you to take your "people these days are so weak and easily offended" hot take and throw it in the garbage, where it belongs.
- chippy 9y agoAgreed, and this lends more weight to the parent comment - "you should be liable for any offensive behaviour you do that upsets other people" If we allow people to be liable for who and what they offend then we run the risk of allowing beatings and other violence. There is a real reason why Free Speech in the USA is associated with the Civil Rights movement.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThis only highlights that being offended is a sign of one's emotional immaturity. It's not a good thing to base any policing on.