The Right Not to be Offended?
a discredit to our national confidence that each time some impolite thought—perceived or otherwise—is uttered, sketched, or typed, a faction of professionally offended Americans engages in a collective hypersensitivity meltdown.
It has been a long-standing custom for opponents to shut down debate by tagging adversaries with some dreadful labels. No one wants to be called a racist, a Commie, or a neocon. It’s gotten to the point that the gatekeepers of the news walk so tepidly on the path of least resistance a journalist can’t even get a dirty joke in the newspaper.
Attorney General Eric Holder recently claimed that we, as a nation, have been cowards on the topic of race. And maybe he’s right. Some Americans are cowards. Other Americans—the ones in the media—worry that Al Sharpton might show up in their doorways and shake down their kids for allowance money.
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The Right Not to be Offended?
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