I think that the phrase “offended” is a farce. When there’s an offensive person nearby, you choose your reaction … you can get defensive, escalating the situation to a conflict, or you can choose to deflect or deflate the offense. Sitting there and indirectly calling yourself “offended” is merely passive aggressiveness.

And that’s sometimes even more harmful than the original offense!

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