I've noticed that when I say something certain people find offensive, I'm required to shut the fuck up. But when those same people say things that are offensive to me, they tell me to grow up and deal with it. Now here's the stupid question of the moment: Why is that the case? One possible answer is that we live in a double-standard dystopia. Even though it's been said that there is no Constituional right NOT to be offended, most folks think that such a nonexistent right exists and that "right "applies to them and no one else. You know, I hate the shit out of being offended. But as long as the right not to be offended applis to all, then I say being offended is worth that broad level of equality. But of course in a double-standard dystopia, equality doesn't matter. And free speech only applies to certain people.