Are Liberals more easily Offended?

[jlw]

Ah, once again, Dennis Prager…

"Commentators on our country explain our blue-red division in many ways – liberal-conservative; secular-religious; North-South; coasts-heartland; singles-married with children.
I propose one more explanation: the easily offended-the not so easily offended.

With the acknowledgment that there are many individual exceptions, a major defining characteristic of modern-day liberalism is the ease with which liberals take offense personally and/or on behalf of others."

As they say, read the whole thing…

townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/printdp20041207.shtml

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[JamesD]

When the far left says they are personally offended they really mean that they would be offended if they were not as intelegent and sophisticated as they are.When they say others are offended they really believe it and consider it real harm.
IMHO conservatives look at these things and realize that it is pretty trivial. Sticks & stones…
Also, religous know what the ultimate outcome is anyway so we don’t get quite as excited.

 

[oldfogey]

Yes, nice article. Remember that Belloc said early in the last century that Modernism is really a belief system which, in many ways, is immune from rational arguements against it’s beliefs. The Progressive Movement since the late 1800’s to our own day has worked to make their civic view into a kind of national religion, coopting the various churches into their fold using social issues,etc. and all the while undermining morality with their cause of “expanding freedom” and the hokum that traditional moral values are divisive. When liberals have so much bound up in their belief system, of course they are easily offended.