Saturday, June 1, 2013

It's only offensive if you make it offensive.

Have you ever noticed how people get offended? I have. In fact, it happens to me a lot. Every day.

Now have you noticed like people care that you offended them? "Hey!" They'll shout. "That's offensive!" To which I respond, "Why should I care?"

And why should I? The only possible reason why I would care is because it makes me a generally annoying and ill-wanted person if I'm offensive. The goodness of a person's heart is the ONLY reason why that person wouldn't say something offensive.

Now, I know you're like "But Kyle, what about <insert social factor here>?" And I'll agree with you, that factor could be considered important. But here's the flaw with social factors: there is never a unanimous opinion on them. If Politician A says something that offends Group B, then Group B might get uppity and talk-out about Politician A.

The equation for this is Group B's offensiveness >/= Politician A's offensiveness. Rather ironic, isn't it? The very people who complained about someone being offensive are the ones being more offensive.

Now let's say there's a Group C; people who agree with Politician A. Those people will defend Politician A, and, in reaction to Group B's higher offensiveness, will be greater than of more offensive.

So, what we have is Group C's offensiveness >/= Group B's Offensiveness >/= Politician A's offensiveness. It's like three levels of stupidity!

"But Kyle, you can't tell people they're stupid!"
"I don't care."

Normally I don't call out stupidity for these kinds of things, because people DO have a right to be offended. But when it's handled in a way that only breeds more hate, then it's grounds for stupidity.

And in the words of the late Billy May: "But wait! There's more!" That's right, folks, the equation doesn't end. It never does! Just check it out:

Group C's offensiveness >/= Group B's Offensiveness >/= Group C's offensiveness >/= Group B's Offensiveness >/= Group C's offensiveness >/= Group B's Offensiveness >/= Group C's offensiveness >/= Group B's Offensiveness >/= Group C's offensiveness >/= Group B's Offensiveness >/= Politician A's offensiveness. And so on and so forth.

Do you see what I mean?! It's stupid! It's an infinite loop of imbecilic arguing and wasted breath. It's like if Satan had the IQ of an unborn fetus, cloned himself about 40,000 times, and then all those Satans had a massive orgy, the likes of which only the depths of Hell could hold!

At this point, I've kinda lost where I was going. So, I think I'll just wrap it up.

No, I do not care if I offend you in any manner. And don't go around thinking that shouting "That's offensive!" is going to make me change either. If you really want to do something about it just be chill. "Hey, Kyle. It's not cool what you said about my mother. She has cancer." To which I would reply "Sorry, bro. Wanna go eat some food?" because I am always willing to split a bag of chips and some sandwiches.
Please note this doesn't mean I'll always suffer from diarrhea of the mouth (and at that, the excessively stinky kind). I do, and you may want to sit down for this, have the gift of sentience and am self-aware of what I'm saying (that might be a good rant topic...). If the situation arises, I know when to sit down and shut up. But until then: "Nobody has ever loved you."

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