When I am reading these comments I notice in this threads have several contradicting perspectives, one saying we should accept being offended because that's what we do anyways in this country, others want to be more careful of how we say to each other. I am anticipated all of us know that, all of us are born into this country oblivious of what we will encounter to in later of life. Many of us may learn through education late, and/or many of us learned early of which colony to be in because knowing that this other colony is not something they would not want to be involve in.
To make a short cut, no doubt people involves into emotional which then becomes confusion then to obsession, possibility effects the "ism" that comes up in the dictionary. And something triggers them to become hate in the society which also leads to cling with "correct people or objects" and close out the "uncomfortable zone".
Currently government and states are providing services to citizens who cant help themselves and becomes dependents, for a reason of, mental psychology issues, disabilities, veterans with posttraumatic disorders, and millions of tax dependents. And in Corporations speculates policies to ensure the citizens are using proper languages in their field and some citizens don't adapt to the policies because families and friends thinks offending people is the "norm" that are relates to beliefs, religion or culture adaptation. When offending happens first causes states of confusion, then anger(to some jolly people skips this) then back to cloudy judgments for a LENGTH of time then sometimes too late for this person becomes trigger happy or being happily to offend back the same person or somebody else because of the previous person does it. So this nature becomes unsure about one another, and becomes enterprise at something for themselves to take pride at and don't stop for a moment to think about other people feelings faces consequences, the companies and employees are paying great amount of taxes to government to keep the majority of tax dependents citizen from getting into depression, because they are not good enough to be in a "great colony."
Pardon my English, its my secondary language.