re: #139 Sharmuta
“The problem with that is are some things (along the lines that red already posted) that are worthy of getting offended over. Maybe bigots should take responsibility for their bullshit. I’ll gladly take responsibility for holding ideals that finds expressed bigotry offensive.”

I never suggested otherwise. And I’m not a moral relativist. Quite the opposite. There are many things in the world that I believe merit our disdain, our contempt, our hatred even. But that’s a moral choice.

Yet there is no right not to be offended. We live in a world where “offensive” speech is still protected by law, at least in some (diminishing) parts of the world. When someone says something that we find disagreeable, we can choose to tolerate that speech or not to tolerate it. It is our choice.