I’m not sure about anyone else, but I've gotten so sick of everyone finding some way to be offended by literally everything. I’m not exaggerating and I’m not talking about real issues of discrimination. I love me some freedom of speech. But freedom of speech does not mean it’s okay to stifle someone else’s opinion because it offends you. That's literally why the First Amendment was created, people. It’s straight up childish. If you’re offended by someone eating a pickle I need you to just shut up and keep it to yourself. It does absolutely nothing productive to be offended by a pickle.

Okay, that’s an exaggeration. Or is it? Because I kid you not every time I pull up Facebook, someone somewhere has found out a way to be offended by something. You’re not offended by what offends me? That offends me. You dislike Swiss cheese? You must hate Switzerland. You want to get married at 20? That offends me. You don’t want to get married at all? That offends me. You don’t want kids? I’m offended. You want 20 kids? Offended. Literally, we can’t seem to have an opinion on anything without it offending someone and then they having to turn it into a petition to ban the Tooth Fairy.

I do support us growing and becoming more aware as a society. I also support people who want to stay true to their roots. I don’t support people who are hateful towards someone based off their race, culture, religion, sex, sexual orientation, etc. I also don’t think it’s okay to tell someone that their beliefs are wrong because they have based them off their heritage. As long as your opinion is not physically doing harm to society, I personally think you’re entitled to express your opinion without having 80 people send you hate mail.

Arguing over whether your opinion is right or wrong is so pointless, that I’ll never understand why people choose to waste their time over it. In elementary school we are taught that facts are something you can prove and opinions are not. So arguing over whether someone’s opinion is right or wrong – you absolutely cannot do that. You cannot prove it. Let that sink in for a few minutes.

I perfectly understand being offended if someone discriminates against you. But being offended by a difference of opinion is so annoying and I have had my fill. Next time you see something on Facebook or even in life that you disagree with, do society a favor and ignore it. It’s so easy. Just look away. Go watch that really cute video of puppies, eat some ice cream, and forget about it. Or delete your Facebook. I’ll help you find the delete button.

No offense. Or offense intended. I could care less. You should try it.