I quite liked this blogger's perspective on "offense".
As they say...
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https://makemeasammich.org/2013/07/31/im-not-offended/You keep telling me not to get offended, but I’m not. We hear or say “offense” and we think of pearl-clutching and people who say, “Oh, my stars!” and people who can’t hear the word “f**k”* without casting a disapproving look. None of those are me. I’m not “taking things too seriously” when I politely wonder why a movie fails the Bechdel test. Rather, I’m acknowledging that a film could not have two named female characters talk to each other about something other than a man, I am disappointed in that, and I am standing up for change.
As they say...
You can keep telling me I’m offended, but you’ll keep being wrong.
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