> it is as much their fault for not having a handle on their hormones as it is mine for having said that thing? Your comment is a loaded straw man, and you've

> it is as much their fault for not having a handle on their hormones as it is mine for having said that thing? Your comment is a loaded straw man, and you've confused being offensive and taking offense as a single event when it is two separate and distinct events. I never said anything about fault. I only referred to responsibility. Ultimately, we are each responsible for our own actions. Taking offense is an action. Even if an individual's emotional response is involuntary, that individual alone is responsible for their emotion. I can tell you that being thin-skinned is just as much a symptom of mental illness as being offensive, and they usually go hand-in-hand: the most offensive individuals are usually also the most overly sensitive individuals.