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Petition to officially change the phrase "people are too easily offended these days" with "people are fucking sick of giving offensive shit a pass".

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@phessler By Alice's Restaurant rules, one more and we've got an organization!

but such a shift empowers your adversary
because you inform them that they can just say offensive stuff to get a big reaction out of you.

@nds So what? You seriously think they don't benefit more by going unopposed, and teaching others by example that it's okay, nobody's going to call you on it? That they're not going to escalate until they do get a reaction? That's how we get cesspools like Encyclopedia Dramatica and 8chan.

"Don't feed the trolls" doesn't work.

I'd wager that strenuous denouncement is no more likely to be effective. I also don't mean "do nothing." But I don't think direct engagement is very fruitful.
As I'm considering it more, I think "call outs" make more sense in real life social contexts. And it is good to speak what you believe is good and right. That may or may not fall under the category of "offensive".

@Nezchan Yup, and contrary to popular belief, nobody is losing their sense of humor. Their jokes are just lame.

@lehighcommunalist Not to mention, some of those "jokes" are only "jokes" because someone called them out.

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@Nezchan Or perhaps, "We've been debating meaning since the dawn of time so your Golden Age was always a mirage"?

@sydneyfalk @Nezchan Y'know, I get the frustration with changing modes/styles of speech, because A) I'm an old fart who can't keep up and B) we're sort of monkey-wrenched between forever trying to communicate in shorter shorthand while also trying to explain/relate in more detail for an ever-wider audience. It can be tough.

But *tough* can still mean long-term payoffs, if we're determined enough.

@Nezchan
This is one of those phrases I see in media or on forums all the time, but I don't think it's true. This is some kind of rose-tinted nostalgia perspective. People didn't get less offended 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 decades ago. Not at all. Not even close. This is just another way of saying "I don't like what people get offended by now and I'm offended that their offended and I wish they would get offended by what I get offended by."