I’m sure you’ve seen this on social media.\u00a0 It’s usually in giant font and it reads “I saw something online that I was offended by and I just scrolled by” followed by something snarky.<\/p>\n
There are two possible explanations why someone who share this, and neither are very good.<\/p>\n
The first is that this person shares things that really are offensive.\u00a0 i.e. racist, anti-LGBT+, misogynistic, promoting violence, etc.\u00a0 You should report the HELL out of this person!\u00a0 You should also ask yourself why you are friends with someone so awful.<\/p>\n
The second, and more likely reason, is that person doesn’t know what the word offensive means.\u00a0 They think it means “something you disagree with”.\u00a0 Which, of course, it does not.<\/p>\n
If you post things are are factually inaccurate you can’t get mad when people point that out.\u00a0 No, vaccines don’t cause autism. No, Trump didn’t really win the 2020 election.\u00a0 No, children aren’t using litter boxes instead of toilets in first grade classrooms.\u00a0 No, lizard people are not ruling the world.\u00a0 Just because you read it online doesn’t make it true.<\/p>\n
And no it’s not “just your opinion”\u00a0 Opinions are things like liking country music instead of pop music.\u00a0 Preferring to shower in the morning vs. showering at night.\u00a0 You can have an opinion on facts, sure, but you can’t just decide that something isn’t true because you don’t want it to be.\u00a0 That is a sign of mental illness, not a sign of being a good Christian or American or whatever you think that makes you.<\/p>\n
The moral of the story is simple:\u00a0 Don’t post stupid shit, and if you do, don’t get butthurt when people point that out to you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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