Everyone has a right to be offended (and to offend). The moral question concerns the merits of the cause, not the existence of the symptom. https://twitter.com/ekaitz_zarraga/status/818743174248079363 …
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Causing offence does not imply moral failure just as being offended doesn’t imply moral superiority (or vice versa).
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If I believe women should not have equal rights, I might get offended by your talk of equality. This does not mean my idea had greater merit
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Too often, we see “not causing offence” as our primary criteria of progressive behaviour. Nothing could be more harmful.
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The path to social justice is forged through the offence of privilege.
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