Not, that's not the goal, if they feel offended or not is a irrelevant by-product, they already made their mind, the goal is for the anyone else watching the di

Not, that's not the goal, if they feel offended or not is a irrelevant by-product, they already made their mind, the goal is for the anyone else watching the discussion from the fences (e.g. the undecided, the ones watching their twitter-feed, anyone) how ridiculous an stance or an idea is, also because it's entertaining, and as we know making things more entertaining makes them more likely to be shared and/or remembered.