Being "offended" isn't an emotion. It doesn't even exist. You can be angry that someone was personally rude to you. But being "offended" about some generic happenstance that doesn't impact your life in any way is a made up hoax to get attention, victimbucks and cultural power.
To be fair 'moral outrage' and 'moral disgust' are fairly well studied as distinctive emotions in psychology. They're 'offended' - adjacent. But, just because they're real doesn't mean they're as useful in the 21st century as most folks seem to think they are.
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PS nice review of psychology research about the role of moral disgust in moral judgment:https://jeps.efpsa.org/articles/10.5334/jeps.cq/ …
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Or, at least, not useful to the extent that they are being used.
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@primalpoly would you be willing to elaborate, or recommend an introductory paper/article?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It reads an awful lot like the OP is offended that other people claim to be offended
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Thank you! I've been making this point for years...some of our evolutionary holdovers aren't as useful nowadays.
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