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Old 06-17-2020, 03:05 PM   #3088
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If we put the threshold for removal of content for offensiveness at 10 or even 20 per cent, our culture would look radically different. There would be no pornography, no swearing in movies, no depictions of homosexuality, no Harry Potter books, no violent videogames, no vulgar comedy, no negative portrayals of the military, etc, etc.
Christ centrists love slippery slope arguments that miss the point.

It's not an issue of being offensive because some rando finds it offensive.

It's an issue of offensive because it makes light of/unflatteringly depicts/punches down on something that someone is.

Literally everything you listed is a choice and/or learned behavior, not an inborn trait.
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