Offended More?
Are people more offended now days, than say 30 years ago?.
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Without a doubt @SwiftFox
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I don't think it's that simple SwiftFox.
Amongst other influences, social media has now got so loud, full of discontent and anger that more offence is available.
Also more information is readily available, and therefore often people are much better informed about their passions/interests. This equips them to argue about stuff for longer.
So more offence is readily available and many of us are better equipped to argue about things.
Like starlings, we're quarrelsome creatures. Always have been, always will be. Nowt changes much in my experience.
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Great question and I think the responses to this may be mixed.
In my opinion, I think perhaps there is a wider understanding of people feeling able to speak up about what they find offensive, and more of an understanding as to what is or isn't appropriate to say.
I think back to my childhood days and language and attitudes that were common place back then would not be tolerated now, which is definitely a good thing.
That said, you will never be able to please everyone and what one person finds offensive another will not. We all have different life experiences which probably shapes what we find offensive or tolerate, and it's important to keep that in mind.
I'm personally not easily offended.
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I don't do offended at all I do dislike misinformation tho people should try reading with there brain through there eyes not the other way round
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Not just quarrelsome, but more like George Orwell times. You can't say this you can't say that and you can't do this or do that, they gave us more freedom but less of it really.
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I think so , yes. Too many people seem to take offence where there's none intended.Funny enough I was thinking about this yesterday, I was watching ' Rising Damp'. So funny and a lot more entertaining than a lot of today's so called comedy. No one was offended back in the day
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I don’t think people are more offended now. It is just much easier to get your opinions out there. People of a certain age will remember Mary Whitehouse, who kindly took it upon herself to be offended on behalf of the entire nation.
She would fire off a stern letter about television, pop groups or whatever else had apparently caused moral collapse that week, and the rest of us could get on with our lives in peace. Whatever people thought of her, she was organised, relentless and exceptionally committed to the art of taking offence.
If people today had to write a letter, buy a stamp and actually find a post box, most of life’s outrage would probably evaporate. But with Wi Fi, phones, tablets and laptops, everyone can be Mrs Whitehouse.
So my verdict is simple. People have not changed. Technology has just made it far easier to broadcast outrage without even putting your shoes on.
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I don't think people are more offended now. I've got older relatives that were always offended by everything before the internet was even invented.
The idea of young people being more offended doesn't seem true to me either, at least not from what I've seen both in real life and online. All I see regularly is older people sulking because they're no longer able to be racist, sexist or homophobic without being called out on it!
I also completely disagree with the idea that humour has been lost now. There is just one fundamental difference. Nowadays we are mostly laughing WITH someone, whereas in the past, even just 20 years ago, jokes were often aimed AT someone.
I must admit that while I don't get offended by anything I read online, I do despair at what must be going through people's minds for them to bother typing it out and posting it for the world to see. I keep away from text based social media, news sites and local online groups for that reason. Before the internet I was certainly less aware of how ignorant, intolerant and hypocritical many people are. I don't see any benefit in reading that kind of thing and adding even more negativity to my own day.
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yeah people are more offended that they cant be racist sexist homophobic or rude without being called out on it
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and then complain people take offence too easily rather than look at their own behavior
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And thats a bad thing? We can have a laugh and joke without the need to be racist, sexist, homophobic or rude… Those jokes are not jokes and are just insulting.
A joke should be something funny to everyone, not exclude a certain person or insult them.
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thats what im saying rubin, people aren't more offended they just tolerate bad behaviour less, then the racist/sexist/homophobic people get offended saying they cant say anything anymore because everyone else gets offended too easily, when the problem is them
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Yeah, the truth is over the last 20-30 years we've slowly becoming more and more diverse, the country is alot different these days and whereby you could get away with saying stuff 20/30 years ago even on TV without hardly insulting anyone. These days we have more diversity and more likely to upset people or a certain group, also with the internet its more easier for news to spread so you have to be more careful what you say or write.
I agree with @OverlyAnxious humour is still there, however we can't go about aiming humour at people anymore. Instead we should be laughing with people not at them.
A prime example of this is my grandparents, they would never be racist to anyone, however had to be taught over the decades that they can no longer use certain words and had to shift what words they are used to using.
Humour is just completley different these days, especially if anythings online.
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Indeed, what gets me though is that 50-60 years ago there were British comedies such as Fawlty Towers that were shown before the 9 PM watershed, with lines that were a bit un-PC yet nobody batted an eyelid, yet in October 2021, the controversial "Germans" episode of Fawlty Towers was aired around 8 PM on BBC 2, and certain people went barmy over the Major Gowen character's use of the N word, and the BBC ended up banning the whole episode, a move which John Cleese himself, creator and star of Fawlty Towers, condemned as "PC Gone mad" and I 100% agree.
It was the same with "On the Buses", with the death of Anna Karen in May 2024 all the original cast of that's now dead, but even for the early 70s it was a bit un-PC with its objectifying of female "Clippies" and other stuff yet again, nobody other than "Woke" Guardian reading lefties batted an eyelash.
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So many people too offended now days…we used to have a saying "Live and Let Live", but we can't because people cry. If you don't like it, turn it off or turn back and avoid it, we can't keep wrapping people in cotton wool.
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Easy money to sue someone for the overwhelming distress caused by hurt feelings
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SheffieldMan, we were denied a Christmas screening of "Mandy" lest it offend Darn Old Tump.
People are far ruder, louder and more self-centred in the 21st century. Some people in London seem offended if you so much as look at them or speak to them 🙄
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@WhatThe , I think you might be mixing up the details about Mandy. It wasn’t dropped because of Trump at all. The reporting at the time made it clear the issue was about jokes involving Putin, and a BBC source confirmed Trump isn’t mentioned in the episode. Here’s the Daily Mirror piece that explains it.
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