I don't know anything about the current situation and apologise if I am not treading carefully enough on what may be sensitive areas.
My own opinion, developed over many years, is that people ar wholly responsible for their own actions, and this includes any reactions they may have to other people's actions.
The person who feels offended has a responsibility to examine their reaction and determine whether by making their feelings the problem of the 'offender' they are imposing their belief system on that person. This, in my mind, is unacceptable. So when people do it to me, I feel no responsibility towards their damaged sensibilities.
It took me a long time to get over my Catholic upbringing (which I now see as a form of child abuse, thanks to Richard Dawkins opening my eyes). Part of that is that feelings of guilt are self-imposed. It is a choice to feel guilty about one's actions (or inactions). So long as you are clear in your own mind about your reasons and motivations for acting the way you do, and are at peace with them, then you never need to feel guilty about anything you do, even if other people mask their own inadequacies by projecting them onto you in the form of 'being offended'.
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My own opinion, developed over many years, is that people ar wholly responsible for their own actions, and this includes any reactions they may have to other people's actions.
The person who feels offended has a responsibility to examine their reaction and determine whether by making their feelings the problem of the 'offender' they are imposing their belief system on that person. This, in my mind, is unacceptable. So when people do it to me, I feel no responsibility towards their damaged sensibilities.
It took me a long time to get over my Catholic upbringing (which I now see as a form of child abuse, thanks to Richard Dawkins opening my eyes). Part of that is that feelings of guilt are self-imposed. It is a choice to feel guilty about one's actions (or inactions). So long as you are clear in your own mind about your reasons and motivations for acting the way you do, and are at peace with them, then you never need to feel guilty about anything you do, even if other people mask their own inadequacies by projecting them onto you in the form of 'being offended'.