(December 19, 2016 at 11:17 am)Loading Please Wait Wrote: 1.) Be white

2.) Speak your opinion

3.) Believe in traditional values

4.) Believe in God

5.) Love America

Are these things offensive to you? Why do these things offend so many people? I don't care what color you are, I don't care what your opinion is, I don't care what your values are, I don't care what you believe in and I don't care if you love or hate America.

Why are so many people offended by these simple things?

Inspired by a YouTube video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dstys_yM4Vw

1. Not offensive, obviously 

2. Depends on what their opinion is. If their opinion is that I'm a horrible nasty person, then yeah, I'll feel offended lol. 

3. Not offensive in the context of what we consider to be traditional values now a days

4. Not offensive, obviously

5. Not offensive. Much the opposite, loving/caring about your country and its people is a positive thing. This doesn't equate to always agreeing with what the country does.

(December 19, 2016 at 11:17 am)Loading Please Wait Wrote: 5.) Love America

There's a difference between loving your country and letting blind nationalism get in the way of proper criticism. Of course I'm proud to live here, but there's so much to criticize, and so much we can improve upon.

(December 19, 2016 at 12:37 pm)Divinity Wrote: How to offend people:

#1. Say "Happy Holidays"

#2. Refuse to stand for the pledge of allegiance

#3. Don't believe in God

#4. Approve of a gay couple getting married

#5. Say "Black LIves Matter"

1. Not offensive. 

2. Not personally offensive, but disrespectful imho. 

3. Not offensive. 

4. Not offensive. 

5. Not offensive in and of itself, so long as the context isn't burning down buildings or destroying property.

(December 19, 2016 at 11:56 am)Alex K Wrote: You forgot

unapologetically eating meat

shooting guns

raping piglets

drinking coors light


PC lefties hate that stuff!

My bolding.

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(December 19, 2016 at 12:45 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:

(December 19, 2016 at 12:37 pm)Divinity Wrote: How to offend people:

#1. Say "Happy Holidays"

#2. Refuse to stand for the pledge of allegiance

#3. Don't believe in God

#4. Approve of a gay couple getting married

#5. Say "Black LIves Matter"

1. Not offensive. 

2. Not personally offensive, but disrespectful imho. 

3. Not offensive. 

4. Not offensive. 

5. Not offensive in and of itself, so long as the context isn't burning down buildings or destroying property.

None of the 5 things Divinitiy mentioned are offensive but they certainly do offend some people. For irrational reasons.

I thought it was:

1- find something that is offensive to people.
2- say it.
3- ???
4- profit!

(December 19, 2016 at 12:46 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: None of the 5 things Divinitiy mentioned are offensive but they certainly do offend some people. For irrational reasons.

I agree. Neither are the 5 things the OP posted.

Climb down off'n your cross there, Cletus. And quit nailing up strawmen while you're at it, mkay?

Not being gay is also offensive. You can't openly be a straight manly man anymore. And public servants who'd merely like to professionally specialize on performing straight marriages get persecuted and sued!

How to offend people?
Be like EP

There's only two reasons to think people are offended by you being white. A) You're a total idiot. B) You spend too much time on Tumblr or YouTube.

"Traditional values" is just code for "denying LGBT rights."

Oh, I'm sure in a country with a predominately Christian population, where it's even illegal to hold office as an atheist in some places, believers find themselves really persecuted. That's why they're always fighting to take down billboards that dare to question their beliefs.

Nothing wrong with loving America, but I find that the people most likely to prattle about their love for the country think we are above any criticism and can do no wrong. They also tend to be people that think we have the right to trample on the rest of the world for our own benefit.

TL;DR if you think anyone is offended by these things, the problem is you, not everyone else, and that kid in the video is a moron.