Honestly, who cares? Everyone is going to get offended sometime. If you're an Atheist, you're going to be offended by a bunch of bible-thumping evangelicals who cite God as a reason for war. If you're an evangelical bible-thumper, you're going to be enraged when a teenage girl in a purposely inflammatory t-shirt rains on your parade. I enjoy it when people are offended, because then you can really pull apart the thinking from the gut reactions. What feelings contribute to being offended? Are there valid reasons for being offended (for example, does it make sense to be offended by a bare nipple or a man decapitated on TV?)? Is it needless and obscene or does it try to make a larger point? I understand *your* larger point is about how there are "radical" feelings on either party line that misrepresent the more...uh...moderate members. I guess I'm crazy, but a shirt that reads "Fuck Your God" doesn't seem all that out of line to me. Her beliefs don't really effect me personally -- if I am religious, I still love my god regardless of someone's shirt and I would ignore it. Her shirt is not actively changing my life. Personally, I'm more offended by people using religion in a direct or indirect way to control the lives of others.
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Date: 22/4/10 08:14 (UTC)