People on the left have weak minds. (whatever)

submitted ago by My10thaccount

How fragile is your mental state that you are offended by words that come out of another person's mouth. I have never been offended in my life because I realize words are harmless and I choose not to give that power over me to someone else. It's scary to think about how soft children born today will grow up to be. Especially considering almost everything will probably be automated by the time they reach adulthood. Teach your children that it is wrong to be offended.

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mattsixteen24 ago

Teach children to have thicker skin and not complain, but telling children it's wrong to be offended is dysfunctional. If someone is raping your children you better be offended!!

My10thaccount ago

I think people are mistaking the difference between being offended and becoming angry. No one should ever be offended by anything and you should become angry about many things.

mattsixteen24 ago

You wouldn't be offended if someone was raping your family member?

My10thaccount ago

I would be angry, anger is different than being offended. At least the way I Define it is because being offended is like being hurt or having hurt feelings because of something someone said. Anger is 100% completely different

mattsixteen24 ago

Before you get angered you have to be offended.

offend (ə-fĕndˈ)►

v.
To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in.
v.
To be displeasing or disagreeable to: Onions offend my sense of smell.
v.
To transgress; violate: offend all laws of humanity.

anger

n.
A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility.
v.
To make angry; enrage or provoke.
v.
To become angry: She angers too quickly.

More at Wordnik from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th

My10thaccount ago

It's just like I said one causes wounded feelings and the other causes hostility so I was absolutely correct

mattsixteen24 ago

If you are angry you have wounded feelings. Being offended leads up to anger. You can't be angry without being offended first. How do you become angry? Something offends you first.

My10thaccount ago

Lets just agree that I'm right. Thanks

mattsixteen24 ago

Sorry, it doesn't work that way. I'll agree that this argument is somewhat petty over a poor choice of words and this is just a post on voat that not many people care about, but words do matter. I will say that I do understand your point about people getting offended over little things.