Finally Some Common Sense: You Do Not Have The Right To Be Unoffended

[Ringel05]

He's right . But he forgets that people do have the right to respond to those who offend them.

So respond. Running to complain and try to get them silenced is not "responding".

Sure it is ! Ever here of boycotts .

No but I have heard (past tense of hear) of boycotts.

 

[Ringel05]

Rather like the constant state of butthurt among some here...

You poor sore little woo woo.

You immediately assumed I was referring to you.

I immediately assumed you were projecting your own state...

Because you'd never be guilty of being self-aware?

Self aware (self confident in who and what you are) means nothing anyone can say about you will offend you.

 

[Timmy]

He's right . But he forgets that people do have the right to respond to those who offend them.

So respond. Running to complain and try to get them silenced is not "responding".

Sure it is ! Ever here of boycotts .

Boycotts are not the same as demanding censorship. We are all free to associate or not with others. You loons on the left are the ones who want to FORCE OTHERS into your preferred associations or avoidances.

You want to talk about right v left ? When is the right accepting of anything they don't believe in?!!

 

[boedicca]

He's right . But he forgets that people do have the right to respond to those who offend them.

So respond. Running to complain and try to get them silenced is not "responding".

Sure it is ! Ever here of boycotts .

Boycotts are not the same as demanding censorship. We are all free to associate or not with others. You loons on the left are the ones who want to FORCE OTHERS into your preferred associations or avoidances.

You want to talk about right v left ? When is the right accepting of anything they don't believe in?!!

You insist on confusing Tolerance with Acceptance. Free people, who by definition must ACCEPT the freedom of others, tolerate things they don't like or with which they don't agree. They are FREE to avoid them without insisting that others change merely because they find such things offensive.

 

[Timmy]

Fine .

When is the right tolerant of anything that's not in thier wheelhouse ?


How about an example ? Just one!

 

[Arianrhod]

Rather like the constant state of butthurt among some here...

You poor sore little woo woo.

You immediately assumed I was referring to you.

I immediately assumed you were projecting your own state...

Because you'd never be guilty of being self-aware?

Self aware (self confident in who and what you are) means nothing anyone can say about you will offend you.

Precisely my point.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Being offended is part of life, and those that get offended over words are weak minded individuals that are not worth my time...

I have been called more dirty names than I wish to list, and some will even offend the most open minded individual, and when someone does it I just thank them, and laugh because it is only words.

Now with that written if someone claim the left is worse then the right when it come to wanting to regulate what is said in society then I will disagree because I know fanatical Christians that support the GOP that are intolerant to freedom of speech.

In the end it is up to the individual to become offended over a word or words, and for me my life is too damn short to care what some limp dick of a putz had to say or write about me.

Just my opinion...

 

[boedicca]

Fine .

When is the right tolerant of anything that's not in thier wheelhouse ?


How about an example ? Just one!

Many things. I don't see people on the right (except for perhaps a few fringe freaks) trying to destroy the lives of people that disagree with them, unlike the loons who drove the CEO of Mozilla out of his job for donating to Prop 8 in CA.

 

[Iceweasel]

Dang, that dude can whine.

I imagine he doesn't understand that he comes across as a whiner. Whiners usually think their own whines are special.

You saw a whine because you're a victim, like what he was talking about. You don't have the right to not be offended.

Your whine was transparent.

 

[Pogo]

Right on, Prof. Mike Adams! He melted a few special snowflakes with his introductory lecture at UNC-Wilmington.


Welcome back to class, students! I am Mike Adams your criminology professor here at UNC-Wilmington. Before we get started with the course I need to address an issue that is causing problems here at UNCW and in higher education all across the country. I am talking about the growing minority of students who believe they have a right to be free from being offended. If we don’t reverse this dangerous trend in our society there will soon be a majority of young people who will need to walk around in plastic bubble suits to protect them in the event that they come into contact with a dissenting viewpoint. That mentality is unworthy of an American. It’s hardly worthy of a Frenchman.

Let’s get something straight right now. You have no right to be unoffended. You have a right to be offended with regularity. It is the price you pay for living in a free society. If you don’t understand that you are confused and dangerously so. In part, I blame your high school teachers for failing to teach you basic civics before you got your diploma. Most of you went to the public high schools, which are a disaster. Don’t tell me that offended you. I went to a public high school.

Of course, your high school might not be the problem. It is entirely possible that the main reason why so many of you are confused about free speech is that piece of paper hanging on the wall right over there. Please turn your attention to that ridiculous document that is framed and hanging by the door. In fact, take a few minutes to read it before you leave class today. It is our campus speech code. It specifically says that there is a requirement that everyone must only engage in discourse that is “respectful.” That assertion is as ludicrous as it is illegal. I plan to have that thing ripped down from every classroom on campus before I retire.

One of my grandfathers served in World War I. My step-grandfather served in World War II. My sixth great grandfather enlisted in the American Revolution when he was only thirteen. These great men did not fight so we could simply relinquish our rights to the enemy within our borders. That enemy is the Marxists who run our public universities. If you are a Marxist and I just offended you, well, that’s tough. I guess they don’t make communists like they used to....

Professor’s EPIC Class Intro Has Gone VIRAL; Here’s Why

His basic idea is sound, but he's apparently got some bizarre definitions for terms like "Marxist" and "Frenchman".

 

[Iceweasel]

Right on, Prof. Mike Adams! He melted a few special snowflakes with his introductory lecture at UNC-Wilmington.


Welcome back to class, students! I am Mike Adams your criminology professor here at UNC-Wilmington. Before we get started with the course I need to address an issue that is causing problems here at UNCW and in higher education all across the country. I am talking about the growing minority of students who believe they have a right to be free from being offended. If we don’t reverse this dangerous trend in our society there will soon be a majority of young people who will need to walk around in plastic bubble suits to protect them in the event that they come into contact with a dissenting viewpoint. That mentality is unworthy of an American. It’s hardly worthy of a Frenchman.

Let’s get something straight right now. You have no right to be unoffended. You have a right to be offended with regularity. It is the price you pay for living in a free society. If you don’t understand that you are confused and dangerously so. In part, I blame your high school teachers for failing to teach you basic civics before you got your diploma. Most of you went to the public high schools, which are a disaster. Don’t tell me that offended you. I went to a public high school.

Of course, your high school might not be the problem. It is entirely possible that the main reason why so many of you are confused about free speech is that piece of paper hanging on the wall right over there. Please turn your attention to that ridiculous document that is framed and hanging by the door. In fact, take a few minutes to read it before you leave class today. It is our campus speech code. It specifically says that there is a requirement that everyone must only engage in discourse that is “respectful.” That assertion is as ludicrous as it is illegal. I plan to have that thing ripped down from every classroom on campus before I retire.

One of my grandfathers served in World War I. My step-grandfather served in World War II. My sixth great grandfather enlisted in the American Revolution when he was only thirteen. These great men did not fight so we could simply relinquish our rights to the enemy within our borders. That enemy is the Marxists who run our public universities. If you are a Marxist and I just offended you, well, that’s tough. I guess they don’t make communists like they used to....

Professor’s EPIC Class Intro Has Gone VIRAL; Here’s Why

Can you imagine the gigantic ruffle some of those kids had their panties in when they left that class?

Rather like the constant state of butthurt among some here...

You should know....

 

[The Rabbi]

Dang, that dude can whine.

I imagine he doesn't understand that he comes across as a whiner. Whiners usually think their own whines are special.

You clearly cannot distinguish truth from whining. No wonder.

 

[Mac1958]

The Regressive Lefties here are reacting as one might imagine, they don't care much for the OP.

 

[Arianrhod]

...the loons who drove the CEO of Mozilla out of his job for donating to Prop 8 in CA.

Not accurate. But trust you to weep over the Ruling Class. Carly Fiorina fired tens of thousands of HP employees. No concern for them, though.

 

[The Rabbi]

Fine .

When is the right tolerant of anything that's not in thier wheelhouse ?


How about an example ? Just one!

Roger Ailes at Fox hired Juan WIlliams when he was canned for anti Muslim remarks. And WIlliams is a liberal.
There. Take that.

 

[Cecilie1200]

He's right . But he forgets that people do have the right to respond to those who offend them.

So respond. Running to complain and try to get them silenced is not "responding".

Sure it is ! Ever here of boycotts .

You say that like you think I view boycotts as something different. If they're aimed at silencing other people, they're whining bullshit.

 

[Mac1958]

 

[Timmy]

Fine .

When is the right tolerant of anything that's not in thier wheelhouse ?


How about an example ? Just one!

Roger Ailes at Fox hired Juan WIlliams when he was canned for anti Muslim remarks. And WIlliams is a liberal.
There. Take that.

Who is that?

And by the way "anti muslim remarks " are sooooo I the right wing wheelhouse . Lol.

 

[The Rabbi]

Fine .

When is the right tolerant of anything that's not in thier wheelhouse ?


How about an example ? Just one!

Roger Ailes at Fox hired Juan WIlliams when he was canned for anti Muslim remarks. And WIlliams is a liberal.
There. Take that.

Who is that?

And by the way "anti muslim remarks " are sooooo I the right wing wheelhouse . Lol.

Who is who? Roger Ailes? Fox News? Juan Williams?
If you dont know who these people are you really shouldnt be posting. We assume a level of knowledge of events around here. And if you're in the dark then you have no right to waste people's time posting.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Mike Adams has the right to teach but not to indoctrinate.

Just like Angela Davis had the right to teach but not to indoctrinate.