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Bunsmar t1_jck8wm6 wrote

This is a very good thing, and if it helps, think of it as "the right to be thought of as rude". Like "the freedom to be offensive" sounds a little off-putting until you realize that it means that you are free to exist as you are even if some neighbor finds your politics or sexual orientation "offensive"

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not-rasta-8913 t1_jckhk95 wrote

A lot of people don't realize this. If we lose the right to be rude or offensive it becomes a very slippery slope. Especially if some idiot puts it into law. Then all one would have to say "I find that offensive" to get someone in trouble. Emphasis on "say" because what someone finds offensive is totally subjective and they could be lying and we'd have no proof.

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__TOURduPARK__ t1_jckjmne wrote

It's bizarre to me that there are people out there who genuinely believe they have the 'right' not to be offended.

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TheLizzardMan t1_jcm0jyy wrote

And how that shit knows no political party better than another. It's becoming alarming popular on all sides... I mean, I guess it always has been, but now it's much harder to ignore.

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Crimbobimbobippitybo t1_jcmtsen wrote

Social media is more or less dominated by them one side, and on the other by people who can't think of anything more amusing than going out of their way to be as offensive as possible.

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