So , when am I allowed to be offended?

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25. where's the damn unrec button when you really need it?

Maybe we should stop bombing them, invading them, overthrowing their democratically elected leaders, installing and propping up strong men in their countries, etc.

And just when the fuck were you told you couldn't be offended by 9/11, or condemn the actions of those who perpetrated it? Do tell.

When were you informed that you had no right to be offended by the grotesque murder of Daniel Pearl?

One can both be offended and outraged by those who perpetrated these ugly deeds and grasp that it's not a simple equation where right lies entirely on one side or the other- though in some of the instances you gave, it's weighted more than in others.

This isn't really about slights. It's a complex history.

Simplistic "thinking" such as you exhibit in your op may be comforting but it explains nothing.

And no duh we shouldn't give up freedom of speech.

Maybe we should consider giving up endless war mongering, torture, Gitmo and oppression.