No one enjoys being offended. And everyone at some time or another has offended someone else. Polite society suggests that we should avoid offending others with our speech or actions if at all possible, and that seems reasonable. But there are those who would require – no, insist – that we do not offend others.
Offense is often in the eye of the beholder or the ear of the hearer, and the problem is determining who is qualified to be the arbiter of offensive speech. There are lots of folks who can be offended over nothing. And why should someone else’s desire to not be offended supersede my desire to express my feelings? What if what I say is offensive but true?
The logical conundrum spins round and round, and yet that is what the purveyors of political correctness are promoting, and they are using the force of law to make sure that freedom of speech is stifled in the name of making sure no one is ever offended.
Man arrested for offensive Facebook posts, page 2:
It happened in Scotland.
This is very sad. It won’t take long before it spreads over here. So what are we going to do about it?
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The article is intended to fire people up… people who aren’t smart enough to read ALL THE WAY to page 2 where it states this was in Scotland. Unfortunately, this will probably be happening here before long if our current administration gets its way.
I’m glad I don’t live in Scotland, because I’d be arrested BIG TIME!
TRUMP TO THE WHITE HOUSE
THEN COME AND GET ME BECAUSE YOU HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING YET YOU SCOUNDRELS!!!!!!!!!!!
this is crazy I thought we had the right to freedom of speech in this country …are we becoming communist….sure seems like the democrats are moving us in that direction
So true, didn’t know it was there.
First Amendment rights give people freedom of speech. If you can’t take what is said, get off facebook. I have been called everything under the sun. The problem with the world is that the intelegent peopl are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. Go ahead and get it out, just don’t get your feeling in the way.