JewelFreak
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msop04|1428533414|3858909 said:It's clear which words most people would find offensive... but in a society where it seems so many are just looking to BE OFFENDED -- we're all pretty much screwed. #yeahisaidscrewed
I'd rather not talk to someone who is forever trying to find a way to be offended or find something offensive for others... but then I'd be considered *rude*. SHEESH!
I'm with you a million percent. Of course we don't want to use words that truly hurt, & some are so vulgar as to be unacceptable, period. (Suck is definitely one, in my book, Deb!)
It seems Americans, at least, stalk around looking for "offensive" speech. What makes one shiver with horror does not bother another, so ESP is recommended.
I also notice that offense is taken and/or expected unevenly. For example, does anyone avoid the word WASP? It has been used in a sneer as long as I remember. I can't help being a WASP any more than my neighbor can help being black, or another being Jewish. Do I get all faint when I hear it? I have many worse things to fuss about. My advice to most people is to get a grip on what's truly important in life.
If people are kind & honest, you know it. Making them negotiate through a maze of correct & incorrect words risks losing the wonder they could bring to your life. We have too much time on our hands & not enough going on in our upstairs these days. Clichés remain because they are true -- so, "Idle brains are the devil's workshop." Without apologies to Christians, pagans, witches, or atheists!
--- Laurie