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Originally Posted by Repetitive Monkey
I thought about it for a couple of minutes, and I think that our difference in views on this subject is due to my lack of understanding of offense as an emotion. I either haven't experienced the emotion of offense or none of us have because of it not existing as such. Based on my experience of seeing people become offended, they way they become offended, and the issues they take offense to, I think it is logical for me to suspect that being offended is really just a nice term for adults having infantile reactions to the reality of not being able to have it their way all the time. Do you have any input on this?
-I'm being serious.
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I do see your point and it wasn't lost on me earlier either. I am just relating how it effected me to such a degree that I los tmy composure and ability to deal with the situation rationally like nothing else I have experienced. I don't have a problem or take offense with any discourse on sensitive issues, but for me when someone says "he tried to jew me" or the like, it caused a reaction that I can't explain except that I saw "red" at that moment and lost it. It is a highly prejudicial term and I don't think people appreciate how awful it can be taken because of how loaded with hatred or ignorance it truly is.