Was just looking through the web and came across this. http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/01/21/have-americans-become-too-sensitive/ I, for one, agree with the author. Some of the examples he gave were very hard to believe.
Can you really say that? That the entire nation is offended too easily? They just listed a couple of celeb examples...
I would also like to add that the left have added to the cancer of political correctness by carelessly throwing the race card around. Thus perpetuating racial divides where none should exist.
I think so. The other day I was having a conversation with my friends mom (whom I'm pretty close to) and said that I didn't actually believe the troops were fighting for our freedom, its just something we're supposed to say. I was hoping for this to spark some sort intellectual conversation but she was just so horrified and offended that I would just speak my mind like that. It's not a far fetched idea it's just not what you're suppose think and say.
Honestly, I don't think it's just Americans. In any argument/discussion/debate, the person not being put on the defensive will usually tend to believe the other person is too easily offended. Whether it is actually offensive or not comes down to individual tolerance. Also, it might just be the way I am, but I would never admit to being 'offended'. If someone says something to deliberately offend me, I'll just send something back their way (witty or otherwise). To quote Stephen Fry: "It's now very common to hear people say, "I'm rather offended by that", as if that gives them certain rights. It's no more than a whine. It has no meaning, it has no purpose, it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. "I'm offended by that." Well, so fucking what?"
"It is not he who strikes or reviles you that insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting." - Epictetus
Lulz. So, I have been trying to think of a good way to say what I need to say in this thread without offending anyone, but, I'm just going to say it. I feel that as Americans, when it comes down to The Holidays, people get too over sensitive over harmless things. What is supposed to be a joyful time of year, is now a gauntlet of backpeddaling and watching what you say and see. You'll be hard pressed to go to a store and hear an employee mutter the words "Merry Christmas." Having worked in retail, I was told that I could not say that to customers. I was told it could offend them. I actually witnessed somebody lose their job for saying "Merry Christmas" to a customer. How messed up is that? Even if the person didn't celebrate the same religious holiday as you do, instead of getting offended, couldn't they at the least just shut up and carry on? Well, I'm ending my thought a little early here because I have something I need to attend to at the moment, but I will leave a link about Ben Stein, who, even though we share different religious beliefs, have the same view on the topic: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/confessions.asp
Of course Americans get offended on a whim, it's just one of the privileges of being a fat, stupid entitled piece of shit who've been taught since the 50's that you deserve everything you want, when you want it, and that there's something seriously wrong when not everything happens the way you want it to.
I agree, Blackee. There is a huge problem in our American culture with people not taking the blame for any shortcomings. It's always somebody or something else's fault. Never the person, the individual, who did the action.
Kind of a broad generalization. The "race card" debate in particular is an interesting one. Do some people dubiously try to play the race angle sometimes? Sure. But I also have to laugh at the people who flip the fuck out when you even imply that race kinda-sorta-maybe-just-might factor into an issue. "Post-racial America" my ass.
Trust me, I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it. But you should really realize that not all Americans think like that. Way to generalize a whole country