Maybe you can help me with this, Marion. Here’s what I don’t understand.
So many people in this country act like they have a right not to be offended. They act like they are a victim if they are offended. They act like, if they call another person out for offending them, that they (the offended) are righteous and the offender is guilty of some crime. I don’t understand that.
In my opinion, the only thing people who are offended are a victim of is their own weak minds. If someone spouts something ignorant (in your opinion), and you don’t have a weak mind, your response (in my opinion) would be to say, “I think you’re ignorant, and here’s why I think that.” Or to ignore them. Why does it hurt you that someone else is ignorant? Ignorance is ubiquitous world-wide. People are saying ignorant things on a constant basis. What difference does it make that what they’re saying is said in your vicinity and on a subject you care about?
You say, “In case you missed it I’m BLACK and your thread is highly offensive to me and most other African-Americans.” What is your point? Are you saying that therefore he shouldn’t have posted his post?
If someone says something ignorant or untrue, and you let it offend you or hurt you, that’s your fault. If what a person says really does show ignorance or bias or hate or whatever, that says something about that person. Not about you. So why does it offend you? It’s really got nothing to do with you. Unless you let it bother you. But why would you let it bother you? And (and this is the part that really confuses me) why would you get all righteous about it?
Disclaimer: I’m not calling anyone ignorant or biased or hateful. I’m saying that Marion appears to see them that way.
