Choosing how you respond and wallow is up to you. Let it … 3 min read. Replies. Yes I think a lot of people DO choose it these days. You simply choose not to allow an untruth to enter. Being offended is really a selfish way to treat people. Being offended only hurts you, no one else is effected by your decision to take offense. Thinking it through and realizing if the frustration is worth your time. Maybe getting offended isn’t all that different from the adrenaline rush a scary movie produces. Thomas B. Marsh allowed himself to be acted upon, and the eventual results were apostasy and misery. It is a sign of emotional weakness and insecurity to choose to be offended. At least I’m not as ignorant as they are. Reply. Older and Wiser November 7, 2015 at 9:00 AM. The only person in this world that you can change is you. It is often the little things that we let get under our skin and we need to be quick to forgive! The only way to remove offense from your life is to choose to respond differently. But not everything is those things. It is about what we want them to be. Many, like myself, Being offended in everything would include those things you listed. It is a response focused not on the other person, but only on ourselves. Basically you oppose someone else's view because it upsets you or hurts your feelings. In other words, people with thin skin certainly would be offended by racial slurs and the like. It is about our desire to change them. Saying the “wrong” (that is, unpopular) thing has got some people into trouble and silenced many others. Being offended is essentially admitting your unability to regulate your own emotions. Learning to release the energy that is attached to the thought is an easy decision. But they would also be offended by the guy who pulls onto the freeway going 3 miles an hour slower than they think the merging driver should be going. When we believe or say that we have been offended, we usually mean we feel insulted, mistreated or disrespected. Reply Delete. And, when something is offensive, it’s always fun to find someone else who is offended by the same thing and commiserate about it. No one can make you feel offended. Australians are being gagged. Being offended by everything will just make you get into conflicts with people all the time. Choosing not to be offended, it is not always easy, but you are so right. In many instances, choosing to be offended is a symptom of a much deeper and more serious spiritual malady. And most of the time, those conflicts won’t even be about anything important. Grow up. Finding something offensive can also be a nice boost to the ego. Choosing to Be Offended Our right to express opinions, question the motives of others, or simply express disapproval, has copped a hammering in recent times. And most of the time, those conflicts won’t even be about anything important. 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