I think the level of offence varies entirely on how much value I give to that person. If it's a person who's regularly and arse I don't even hear it. If it's someone I respect and admire then I get frustrated. The only offense I ever feel, that comes from without, is the frustration of ignorance. That's different than getting insulted by someone I love and hold dear. The more emotional investment I have in someone, the more they have the ability to hurt me (different than frustration). I simply don't get emotionally attached to anyone except my wife and 2 or so close life-long friends.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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