This is the hill you choose to die on? Some letters arranged in a fashion that you find personally unacceptable? Sounds we make with our mouths should be outlawed because some people can't take responsibility for their own emotions?
A shame really. I always assumed that grown-ups were made of sterner stuff than play-yard whining.
If someone tells me that Ive hurt their feelings, I say, Im still waiting to hear what your point is. In this country, Ive been told, Thats offensive, as if those two words constitute an argument or a comment. Not to me they dont."
- Christopher Hitchens
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This is the hill you choose to die on? Some letters arranged in a fashion that you find personally unacceptable? Sounds we make with our mouths should be outlawed because some people can't take responsibility for their own emotions?
A shame really. I always assumed that grown-ups were made of sterner stuff than play-yard whining.
If someone tells me that Ive hurt their feelings, I say, Im still waiting to hear what your point is. In this country, Ive been told, Thats offensive, as if those two words constitute an argument or a comment. Not to me they dont."
- Christopher Hitchens