Irshad Manji, author of "Don't Label Me," argues that schools shouldn't just teach students how not to be offensive.
70 months ago

Because giving offense is an affront to standing, she said, trying to say that the affront was not intended only makes matters worse. It reveals...
3 months ago

Americans' views of offensive speech aren't necessarily clear-cut · Eight-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say people...
5 months ago

“To be offended is a choice we make,” and, “To believe that someone or something can make us feel offended, angry, hurt, or bitter diminishes our moral agency.
70 months ago

An offense is a blow to our image and our self-image, which makes us feel offended. ... This triggers emotions of anger, disappointment, bitterness, rancor toward...
11 months ago

"If we start saying, 'we mustn't criticize or offend,' then humor is gone, and with humor goes a sense of proportion, and then you're living...
107 months ago

The United States leads the pack when it comes to citizens believing people should be able to say what they want and get access to the information they need.
67 months ago

my book, “What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker,” has multiple references to drugs, sex, slurs, naked White people, God and masturbation — and...
34 months ago

I was a high school teacher. In a nutshell, adults are afraid to offend, while children seem trained to be offended.
19 months ago

When an instructor at Hamline University showed paintings of the prophet, an American Muslim was offended; as a result, the instructor was dismissed.
23 months ago