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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 11:24:46 AM

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Yes Im a huge fan of John Oliver...
here is his take on daylight savings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br0NW9ufUUw

I have noticed that amongst the offended, no one has mentioned ....Selma and the 50th anniversary of the march...which was mentioned in the first twitter(should anyone think Im changing the topic)

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 1:24:21 PM

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Scrolling through Facebook the other day, I saw a friend’s status set to “feeling fat,” accompanied by an emoji with chubby cheeks and a double chin. I think it was supposed to be funny, but seeing this status made me feel angry. As someone who has struggled with and overcome disordered eating, I know what it’s like to “feel” fat.

Wait, what? I thought "fat" wasn't a feeling?

I have spent years of my life consumed with negative thoughts about my body, and far too many days starving myself in an effort to lose weight. But even worse than the skipped meals and the hours spent obsessing in front of the mirror was the fear of what others thought about me and my body. When Facebook users set their status to “feeling fat,” they are making fun of people who consider themselves to be overweight, which can include many people with eating disorders.

Another unmedicated grievance twit.

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 1:28:29 PM

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Baby With Rare Disorder Turned Into A Cruel Internet Joke Because Of Her Looks 3 Hours Ago No Comments
Although the Internet is probably the best invention of the century, sometimes it can be a really awful and cruel place. Is was a big day for Kyra, since her daughter was turning two and like every proud mother, she posted a photo of her baby on Facebook. The photograph instantly went viral, but for all the wrong reasons.
Unfortunately, little Mariah became the victim of a malicious cyber-bullying campaign. She has a serious condition known as Chromosome Two Duplication Syndrome and has been fighting for her life since birth.

Kyra and the rest of her family were surprised when they learned that thousands began to share the photo of her daughter, mocking and attacking her for her appearance, with malicious comments and memes. Now Kyra and her family are speaking up to let everyone know about the impact of cyber-bullying and how it is spreading around the Internet. The fact that she had to use the words “She’s not a monster,” about her little daughter, is unbelievable.

just off MY facebook....http://fb-201.dailymegabyte.com/baby-rare-disorder-turned-cruel-internet-joke-looks/
how far do you wanna take this....

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 1:35:08 PM

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I'll keep going, thanks. Maybe you should find another hobby if you can't read Topic titles.

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 1:37:00 PM

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oh so you are offended that I put something in that shouldnt be seen as offensive?
And I have been so good....

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 1:40:56 PM

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oh so you are offended that I put something in that shouldnt be seen as offensive?
And I have been so good....

There was no need to prove that you can't read, Lucy... but thanks!

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 1:42:27 PM

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well that was truly pathetic...thanks K!

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 3:01:38 PM

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This has got to be the best 'being offended' in the news today: Rand Paul's hurty about gay marriages:

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 3:08:57 PM

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Scrolling through Facebook the other day, I saw a friend’s status set to “feeling fat,” accompanied by an emoji with chubby cheeks and a double chin. I think it was supposed to be funny, but seeing this status made me feel angry. As someone who has struggled with and overcome disordered eating, I know what it’s like to “feel” fat.

Wait, what? I thought "fat" wasn't a feeling?

I have spent years of my life consumed with negative thoughts about my body, and far too many days starving myself in an effort to lose weight. But even worse than the skipped meals and the hours spent obsessing in front of the mirror was the fear of what others thought about me and my body. When Facebook users set their status to “feeling fat,” they are making fun of people who consider themselves to be overweight, which can include many people with eating disorders.

Another unmedicated grievance twit.

K.

I disagree. Fat IS a feeling. And if I say I am feeling "fat," it has nothing to do with making fun of other people. In fact, if I am telling someone how I feel, why would I even be THINKING about other people? I should lend this person my fainting couch.

To add to your thread:

“I Hate Myself Because I Don’t Work For BuzzFeed,” writes an anonymous young journalist at rival Website The Awl, on the unbelievably self-absorbed young people in new media who make the cat videos run on time. Certainly the first three words of her headline are true:

http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2015/03/07/peak-millennial-narcissism-reached/#ixzz3TvegGeTE

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Part (just PART) of the reason I feel this way is because media culture is just so f***ed up and horrible. It’s so status-obsessed that I literally don’t know what to do. It’s making me hate myself. If you’re not part of the main media Twitter clique (the people who get custom-made twitter avatars from @darth—that clique) then what’s the point of even being part of the media? It’s just so hard to shake the desire to be these people (both BuzzFeed people and famous Internet people). Like if you can’t be Mallory Ortberg, Lindsey Adler, Gabby Dunn, or Amber Gordon (or like dozens of other super popular people) then what’s the point in even doing this? This business (a boy’s club, still) is hard enough for a woman but it’s even harder when you’re not social and not good at networking. Yet that seems to be the only skill that matters here—that and producing as many pageviews as possible regardless of ethics or quality. I hate myself for being some second-rate content regurgitator and listicle-producer but what else can I do?

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 3:32:38 PM

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This has got to be the best 'being offended' in the news today: Rand Paul's hurty about gay marriages:

it is honey but there are a lot of offended idiots, hes gotta be pretty near the top of bullshit mountain

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 4:51:16 PM

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Here you go, heres a mention:

White House, NYT leave Bushes out of lead photos from Selma march

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 4:51:36 PM

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it is honey but there are a lot of offended idiots, hes gotta be pretty near the top of bullshit mountain

Pure Offended gold, I call it.

Mind you, it's not up there with the millions who were so deeply offended, nay, shocked to the very core, by Bill C getting a chew from Monica that they thought it should kill a presidency. Still, that's another story.

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 5:46:16 PM

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it is honey but there are a lot of offended idiots, hes gotta be pretty near the top of bullshit mountain

Pure Offended gold, I call it.

Mind you, it's not up there with the millions who were so deeply offended, nay, shocked to the very core, by Bill C getting a chew from Monica that they thought it should kill a presidency. Still, that's another story.

I am sure you know that it wasnt about Monica, Clinton lied under oath in a lawsuit in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman. And he also stood accused of rape

But I understand that we cant expect leftists to exercise a little intellectual honesty

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 6:09:52 PM

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I am sure you know that it wasnt about Monica, Clinton lied under oath in a lawsuit in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman. And he also stood accused of rape

Oh come on, Sanity. We even got the videos over this side of the pond of the scary Republican women doing their pointing and 'child of Satan with his loose morals' stuff in the House, all stern-jawed and fire coming from their nostrils.

BTW - Can I quote you on that bit about intellectual honestly? I really enjoyed that.

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 7:21:43 PM

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I am sure you know that it wasnt about Monica, Clinton lied under oath in a lawsuit in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman. And he also stood accused of rape

Oh come on, Sanity. We even got the videos over this side of the pond of the scary Republican women doing their pointing and 'child of Satan with his loose morals' stuff in the House, all stern-jawed and fire coming from their nostrils.

BTW - Can I quote you on that bit about intellectual honestly? I really enjoyed that.

Even on your side of the pond you should know that Clinton was impeached for lying under oath, and witness tampering. Not for having an affair with Monica. That offended many people but it was not at all what he was impeached for.

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 7:28:05 PM

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Even on your side of the pond you should know that Clinton was impeached for lying under oath, and witness tampering. Not for having an affair with Monica. That offended many people but it was not at all what he was impeached for.

No, but in order to stop this straw man getting too built too fast and feverishly: I wasn't commenting on what he was impeached for. I was commenting on those people who wanted him out of office *just because* he'd been given a chew by Monica. And I'm sure you will remember those people yourself.

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 7:39:03 PM

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Even on your side of the pond you should know that Clinton was impeached for lying under oath, and witness tampering. Not for having an affair with Monica. That offended many people but it was not at all what he was impeached for.

No, but in order to stop this straw man getting too built too fast and feverishly: I wasn't commenting on what he was impeached for. I was commenting on those people who wanted him out of office *just because* he'd been given a chew by Monica. And I'm sure you will remember those people yourself.

And people voted for Kennedy because he was better looking than Nixon. People have picked their candidates on worse criteria.

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 7:58:31 PM

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Even on your side of the pond you should know that Clinton was impeached for lying under oath, and witness tampering. Not for having an affair with Monica. That offended many people but it was not at all what he was impeached for.

No, but in order to stop this straw man getting too built too fast and feverishly: I wasn't commenting on what he was impeached for. I was commenting on those people who wanted him out of office *just because* he'd been given a chew by Monica. And I'm sure you will remember those people yourself.

It's called "respect for the office". And just like those on the left, there's folks on the right who get offended. When they've got no reasonable argument and no facts to back them up, well then they can be offended as much as they want but it seems a bit silly. When they try to push legislation making their feelings law for the rest, that's pushing it. When they've got a reasonable argument and facts, then it's up to others to bring stronger facts.

When Nixon brought Watergate on the nation, he showed disrespect for the office AND committed a crime. There were those on the left and those on the right...like me...who were offended by what he did and said. There were those who were offended at the idea that he should be removed from office because "after all...others had done it". But they had no facts on their side, no evidence to show that anything Nixon had done was right. That's also why there were those on the right offended by Ford's pardon. You don't pardon a man who resigned from the highest office in the land rather than face impeachment.

Clinton lied. He lied to us and he lied to his intern and he lied to his wife and child. What he did to Hillary is between them but what he did to us is a concern. While his affair, carried out through misuse of his power, is offensive , there are no consequences for it through law. There are consequences for lying though. So while I and a great many other people had every right to be offended by his affair, we had no right to legislate our views into the law. The same holds true for many of the grievances brought forth by the perpetually offended.

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 8:27:03 PM

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So while I and a great many other people had every right to be offended by his affair, we had no right to legislate our views into the law. The same holds true for many of the grievances brought forth by the perpetually offended.

I agree. People had a right to be offended. It seems that a few people here are offended, at least a bit, by my having brought up the subject of Monica's gristle-gobbling of Bill's todger. Oh no! That isn't about the sort of stuff at which we can all snort - that's *really* offensive!

But it isn't, of course. The USA made itself look more ridiculous in the eyes of the rest of the world, than it had done for the century before that incident. No one outside the USA thought, for even a second, that Clinton getting a chew outside of his marriage, *on its own*, would have the slightest impact on his efficacy as a president. It was downright embarrassing watching the USA's politics at that time. This side of the pond, we cringed like we'd never done before, nor probably have since.

What gets me, I have to say, about this sort of topic and the much-loved term 'political correctness' - especially the latter - is that it's a term designed to focus on things that those on the left find offensive. (Or *might* find offensive - if one pushes the needle far enough.) There is no such thing as 'right wing political correctness' - given the way that term has so carefully been crafted over the years. However, it's actually a piece of cake to find things - actually many, many things - that righties find offensive and which we on the left find silly or even outright ludicrous. Those sorts of things never, ever fall under the general rubric of 'political correctness', natch. Not to worry. That doesn't matter - we lefties don't need them to fit into that category.

I'm just saying. I would gently suggest to righties here: don't push your luck.

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RE: News from the Society for the Perpetually Offended - 3/9/2015 8:29:36 PM

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We don't have Daylight Saving Time in Arizona, so the women here got the full 24 hours.
Do we even need Daylight Saving Time anymore? Does it really matter all that much if the clocks are one hour ahead or one hour behind? Does anybody really know what time it is?

DST is, supposedly, an energy saver. The idea being that we Americans will not have as many lights on in the evening hours if it's lighter outside. I can tell you that, for me, I'd much rather go to work when it's darker and have an extra hour of daylight afterwards.

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