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It's not just on this thread, but all across these boards that I've noticed a pattern of many people being way too quick to take offense at all sorts of things, to the point where I think it's almost become habit. It's not necessarily the same people or the same triggers all the time, but it's almost as if we have created a culture where it's normal to take offense at the drop of a hat. While I'm all for the idea of being sensitive to peoples feelings, the hair triggers on display around here at times stifle the ability to have a free and open discussion. We all walk on eggshells and self-sensor in order to avoid the chance that an odd word or phrase might set someone off. We live in something like an odd little subculture, and it's not reasonable for everyone, everywhere, to be fluent in all of our sensitivities, nor is it reasonable to base an opinion and a hostile response on a single word that's not even germane to the post.
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