We live in a world where people are getting offended faster then the mold is growing on the sandwich under my bed. Go into the comment section of any blog, YouTube video, or media sight. There are constant remarks about how "offended" people are from the content. Quite often I am told that I have offended someone. Do I care about that though? No.
I am not a heartless person. I really do care about people and can be sensitive. But the way society acts is getting out of hand. For example, the other day I made a video for our school's online newspaper. Now keep in mind, my video covered all the facts about my topic, several interviews from students that go here and several quotes from reliable sources. As soon as the video went up, I immediately started receiving comments on it. I love to hear what people have to say, but all of the comments were just people getting offended. That is just one of many examples. Go to YouTube and look at a video that has anything to do with politics. The comment section will simply be people going off about how wrong it is and how it offends them.
As someone who is studying journalism, I do a lot of writing on current topics. Often times people disagree with what I have to say. That is fine, I expect people to disagree. But talk about why you disagree. I don't set out to hurt people's feelings, but it is also not my job to write something that everyone on earth can all agree on and find pleasing. I will always disagree with someone, and they will always disagree with me.
But really, at the end of the day, who cares about feelings? Feelings are a way for us to communicate with people. Our families and friends can tell how we are feeling by the way we act and present our feelings to them. But to the people of the internet, just because your feelings are hurt and you get offended it does not mean that the entire world should do something different. In other words, It is not our problem that you are offended. A lot of the time the problem is that you simply want the world to accommodate you and how you feel. I hate to break it to you, but your feelings are only yours. So own them and keep them for yourself, but do not get mad just cause someone disagrees with you.
People find other races "offensive." People find the gay and lesbian community "offensive." People find politicians "offensive." People find breastfeeding in public "offensive." People find different religions "offensive." People find certain businesses "offensive."
Do you see where I am going here? We are never going to agree 100 percent. Just because you find something "offensive" doesn't mean anything to anyone else but you. Be reasonable, if the entire world has to deal with every single offensive thing, no one would be able to say, do or write anything.
So, since the world can not react to every single offensive thing, what makes you so special? That's right, you're not. You are only special in your own head, and maybe your dog's.
So, people of the internet, if you find something offensive than tell me why you disagree, tell me about the difference experiences you've had in life that effect the way you see the topic, tell me about the past you've lived that changes your viewpoint, present your side with facts. Then maybe someone will take a minute to care about what you are saying and actually want to listen to you. We can all live in harmony once we realize we are all different.
