I don’t want to offend anyone either. I don’t care about that at all. It is neither your nor mine responsibility to care about the feelings of others when it comes to such simple things as words on a screen.
I’m simply being honest, open and not hiding either the actual meaning behind my words, nor their intent.
I’ve been analyzing this years ago.
Here’s the thing …
No one can know who might feel offended, which causes a situation where everyone becomes afraid of saying something that might offend someone. It doesn’t stop at “asshole” and you’re probably well aware of that. Even differing opinions nowadays get shouted down and censored when the fascist asshole faction decides that that’s what’s needed to be done.
It ends in a society where people begin isolating themselves from others, because they can never tell who might, or might not, be potentially offended and making a huge fuzz about likely nothing.
At the end that’s turning into a totalitarian society full of weak minds incapable of dealing with their feelings. Everything’s policed, either by the people themselves (Hello, Nazi Germany) or by technology AND the people themselves (Hello, US of A).
Anyhow, let’s get back to the original topic. 