In order to be offended, one has to 'take' offence. It matters not one jot if someone is attempting to 'give' offence if no-one is taking it. It seems to me as if these iGens are desperately trying to stamp out the giving of offence when they would be much better off working on their ability to refuse to take offence. I think it might also be called resilience. Unfortunately, everybody wants to change the world but nobody wants to change themselves.
In order to be offended, one has to 'take' offence. It matters not one jot if someone is attempting to 'give' offence if no-one is taking it. It seems to me as if these iGens are desperately trying to stamp out the giving of offence when they would be much better off working on their ability to refuse to take offence. I think it might also be called resilience. Unfortunately, everybody wants to change the world but nobody wants to change themselves.
You should be allowed to be offended - it's not illegal - yet... Toughen up, kids - it's a big, bad world out there.
When I went to University in the 1960s, around 5% of the population were accepted on merit.
Then along came Blair with his theories and now around 50% are accepted because they can be bothered to apply.
Hence, 90% of today's students are not there on merit, and it shows, how it shows!