Having a moment and wanted to share. As it pertains to my statement, please delete me if you are offended. :) I will understand.
Guess what? You were not born with the "Right" not to be offended. It is not the job of everyone around you to monitor everything they say and do to avoid offending YOU, or people like you. Whatever makes you "special" or different , whether it be your sexual preference, personal interests, religious belief, ethnicity, hobbies, housing preference, financial status, even your career choices, it is not up to the world to cater to your feelings. You can't set rules for society stating what others can say or do around you.
What you can control, is your own environment. Don't hang out with people that make racist jokes if that offend you. Don't buy movies with actors that mock your religious beliefs. Don't watch the news program that doesn't present the stories the way you feel they should be viewed. Don't buy magazines with pictures on the cover that you find tasteless. It is fairly simple.
Should workplaces police such behaviors, yes! Should people that shout obscenities at strangers in the street be ostracized, of course! No one should be allowed to chase someone down the street and ridicule them. That is verbal assault. I am not talking about bullying either. I am referring to general conversation. Basic lifestyles. If your neighbor is gay, and you don't like it, don't talk to him. Don't having him for dinner. Leave him alone and he can leave you alone. If your other neighbor has a rebel flag in their window, do the same. Get over yourself. People are all different. We can get along with each other without the drama if we learn to be respectful of each other without assuming we have to change them. You know what else? You will NEVER get along with everyone. It doesn't work. Sadly there will always be people you don't like. There will be even more people that don't like you. Deal with it. Stop trying to mold the world around you to make you comfortable. Make yourself comfortable by designing your life to avoid the things that offend you. We will all be much happier for it.
