If you’re just going to go ahead and think it’s empathy v. not having empathy because you found one black person who was offended, I don’t know what to say. If you’re trying to tell me I have to fall in line with what black people tell me to do, which one do I follow? Ben Carson or Obama? Who? All of them? That’s a lot of conflicting opinions and perspectives there. What do I do? Once again I’m going to refer to the fact that a group is comprised of individuals, you simplifying it to just black people can do no wrong is patronizing.
I said black people can do no wrong?
You have repeatedly said over the years that if a black person is offended about anything, I should change my behaviors and ideology to suit this stranger. It gives that impression.
How about this - if some people (not all) are offended by something, don’t do it.
What sort of life is that? That would mean I wouldn’t be able to do literally anything but breathe. This is impossible. The things I personally get offended over would spoil a lot of people’s fun, like alcohol etc. . Do I do anything about it? No, because I realize I can’t police people from doing things I don’t like. In fact, they did once, it was Prohibition and it was a disaster. So no, that does not appeal to me.
You also don’t really seem to be too kind to people getting upset over some jokes you’ve made. Are the people offended over them not legitimate? You ignored them or continued to make jokes, yes? How is this any different?
There was a poll a while back that said only something like 10% of Native Americans are offended by the Washington Redskins team name. Ok, so 90% aren’t offended, but 10% still are. We should keep the name just so you can protect your right to offend that 10%?
I am conflicted over this issue, as it is a racial slur. I’m also not a fan of sports in general, so I honestly don’t care. But again, everyone is offended by something, the NAACP now has a racial slur in its name (colored people), yet this does not seem to be an issue. Probably because it’s a nonissue.