Is anybody NOT offended? Seriously.
It seems like it’s impossible to turn on the TV or log on to social media without something that was “offensive” that is being talked TO DEATH!
Just this week, people have been offended by a red cup, a Christmas sweatshirt, a white university president, gay Mormons and a coffee shop in Mesa – just to name a few. I’m not sure if it’s about attention or the need to be a victim of something. Perhaps is the need to “win”. (Win what, I’m not sure. Is “viral” considered a win?)
I’ve got two theories about these things – either people have perfect lives and they have nothing else to worry about or can’t believe how craptastic their lives turned out and need some misery for company.
We have people for any number of reasons jumping on the “red cup” bandwagon. (I guess I’m jumping, too, even though I swore I wouldn’t jump into the fray.) The rally cries are everything from taking Christ out of Christmas to shunning Christians. Nope. They opted for a red cup this year. The end.
Then there’s the ever-present OCD (Obsessive Christmas Disorder) backlash. I’ve seen sweatshirt with the F-word on them. I just didn’t buy it. And people who actually have OCD know they have it. And work through it. Like everyone else should.
I’m not following the situation on the Mizzou campus very closely, but here’s what I’ve been able to glean… the white president is being accused of being white and the students have demanded that he acknowledge his “white privilege” at the same time demanding that they not be accused of being black. Huh? (For the love of everything holy, please do not be offended by this. I don’t hate black people.)
Gay Mormons. The church came out with a rule. Don’t like it. Don’t join. Any questions?
Bikini baristas in Mesa. There’s a Mesa city councilman that can’t stay off the television spewing his venom about this business. Demoralizing to woman? Perhaps. It’s their choice and they’re employed. Don’t want to see it? Take another route. You also don’t have to go into strip clubs if you don’t want to. Problem solved.
We have women’s groups lashing out at stores with mannequins that are too skinny. Then the fashion world calling “normal sized” mannequins obese. What size are we supposed to be? I keep forgetting.
We have Dunkin Donut employees offended that an officer came in to, wait for it – BUY SOMETHING - then thought it best to write something ugly on the cup. Then we have police families urging everyone to boycott every single restaurant, coffee shop or gas station that ever hired an idiot employee.
So, here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to take my normal-sized white Mormon butt into a local shop and buy something. It may be in a red cup. It may be in a bowl. I probably won’t buy something with a saying on the front of it. (And for the record, I DO have Obsessive Christmas Disorder and I’m proud of it – stop in and see my 12 full decorated Christmas trees this year.) I’ll hope that the Mizzou situation is resolved peacefully and I’ll hope that someday people stop hating cops. In the meantime, I’ll love my take-home cop with all I have – just in case someone hates him to death.
