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It seems we have come to a time that when many are presented with objective truth and substantiated facts regarding anything that offends them or makes them uncomfortable; they find it easier to deny, ignore or disregard what is true for what they want or need the truth to be. – Loren Weisman	added by weismanloren 2 months ago
Timothy Hale-Cusanelli makes extreme statements to get attention( and) offends people along the way, it was groupthink. – Jonathan Crisp	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We believe that this prosecution was driven by an ideological bias on the part of the prosecutor general, we’re going to see more of this, and so long as prosecutors are ideologically motivated, and whether authorities with a similar outlook believe that … if someone offends you, it’s a criminal act, then we’re going to see more of these prosecutions. – Christian Democrats	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Education has been proven to be one of the most fundamental differences between someone who re-offends and returns and someone who does not, the last year with the pandemic taught us that we all need the opportunity to stay connected with what's important. – Joanna Acocella	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Evil offends justice and justice upsets evil. – Ryan Pack	added by anonymous 3 years ago
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar feels the whole thing deeply, it offends Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar that they are even mentioned in the same breath. – Jess Morales Rocketto	Found on CNN 4 years ago
A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism (no final say); it means that we must allow people to err, even where the error offends and upsets, as it often will. – Jonathan Rauch	added by Normando 4 years ago
This is a politically motivated attack that oddly enough, offends both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and in communities across the country, this is a coordinated attack on the most vulnerable populations in the country : Rural and urban low-income young people hoping to succeed in life. – Randy Erwin	Found on CNN 4 years ago
As a memorial to all veterans, it only seems to represent -- the cross -- Christian veterans, i'm not offended by the cross per se. What offends me is that it's on government land promoting government endorsement of religion, and it's not my religion. – Steven Lowe	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I'm not offended by the cross per se. What offends me is that it's on government land promoting government endorsement of religion, and it's not my religion, but even if it were my religion, I would not want my tax dollars used to endorse it. – Fred Edwords	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I have several problems with [ HQ2 ]. Most notably providing $ 3 billion in public taxpayer subsidies for the richest corporation on earth when we have great needs of our own, offends me, this deal is so historically bad that I do not believe it can be tweaked. – Michael Gianaris	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Donald Trump doesn't like wind farms at all, donald Trump says,' When I look out of my window and I see these wind mills it offends me.'. – Hicks Wigmore	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Even if it offends our post-communist conventional wisdom, I think we have to begin accepting the notion that Xi Jinping actually believes in Marx and Marxism. – Jude Blanchette	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If it offends you when I post saying I believe in protecting our nation’s children and supporting their right to free speech. Well, I’m sorry you feel that right is only for the privileged few. – Jonathan Scott -LRB- R -RRB-	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
In the United States, the idea of a deep state offends our common notions of representative government and transparency, so it’s easy to use the term as a weapon against enemies and as a catch-all explanation when things don’t go the way they ought to. This is dangerous because we live in our bubbles, and we are less likely to accept the non-conspiratorial answer for something if it doesn’t fit for our preconceptions. – Marc Ambinder	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I am not trying to be too cute here, but House Republicans have truly constructed a bill that offends every important group, i do think it is fair to take it to the bank that we will be talking about this through 2018. – Tyler Law	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I have been through failures of such magnitude, that offlate success offends me! – Ramana Pemmaraju	added by Ramana Pemmaraju 7 years ago
I’ve spoken a lot in recent days about the deplorable conditions in many of our inner cities, as a father, as a builder, as an American, it offends my sense of right and wrong to see anyone living in such conditions. The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Coverage. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
There is a common worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough. This cheap Christianity . . . offends nobody, requires no sacrifice, costs nothing, and is worth nothing! – J. C. Ryle (1816-1900)	added by meteorstorm 7 years ago
Was Woodrow Wilson an unabashed racist? Yes. Should we talk about that, should we condemn it? Yes, but we shouldn't be involved in this bizarre process of erasing our history because it offends our ears. This is something the media pushes, but I think the American people are fed up with it. There is a reservoir of common sense that recognizes this is dumb. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
That's the definition of a no-fly zone, if that offends folks in the U.N. crowd, I'm sorry, but America needs to assert itself again. – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It offends our system of justice. – Michael Schachter	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The main problem people have with breast-feeding is they sexualize breasts, so it offends them, if we could make them less taboo, breast-feeding would be much more acceptable in society. – Jessica Wardell	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I would rather you didn't even book me for the shows. I'm not no hired monkey, just don't be cool with me. Don't talk to me. If you feel that way about me that you would want to hang me from a tree then don't talk to me. I would stay away from you because obviously my skin color offends your life. – Trinidad James	Found on CNN 9 years ago

It seems we have come to a time that when many are presented with objective truth and substantiated facts regarding anything that offends them or makes them uncomfortable; they find it easier to deny, ignore or disregard what is true for what they want or need the truth to be.

– Loren Weisman

added by weismanloren
2 months ago

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli makes extreme statements to get attention( and) offends people along the way, it was groupthink.

– Jonathan Crisp

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We believe that this prosecution was driven by an ideological bias on the part of the prosecutor general, we’re going to see more of this, and so long as prosecutors are ideologically motivated, and whether authorities with a similar outlook believe that … if someone offends you, it’s a criminal act, then we’re going to see more of these prosecutions.

– Christian Democrats

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Education has been proven to be one of the most fundamental differences between someone who re-offends and returns and someone who does not, the last year with the pandemic taught us that we all need the opportunity to stay connected with what's important.

– Joanna Acocella

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Evil offends justice and justice upsets evil.

– Ryan Pack

added by anonymous
3 years ago

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar feels the whole thing deeply, it offends Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar that they are even mentioned in the same breath.

– Jess Morales Rocketto

Found on CNN
4 years ago

A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism (no final say); it means that we must allow people to err, even where the error offends and upsets, as it often will.

– Jonathan Rauch

added by Normando
4 years ago

This is a politically motivated attack that oddly enough, offends both Democrats and Republicans in Congress and in communities across the country, this is a coordinated attack on the most vulnerable populations in the country : Rural and urban low-income young people hoping to succeed in life.

– Randy Erwin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

As a memorial to all veterans, it only seems to represent -- the cross -- Christian veterans, i'm not offended by the cross per se. What offends me is that it's on government land promoting government endorsement of religion, and it's not my religion.

– Steven Lowe

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I'm not offended by the cross per se. What offends me is that it's on government land promoting government endorsement of religion, and it's not my religion, but even if it were my religion, I would not want my tax dollars used to endorse it.

– Fred Edwords

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I have several problems with [ HQ2 ]. Most notably providing $ 3 billion in public taxpayer subsidies for the richest corporation on earth when we have great needs of our own, offends me, this deal is so historically bad that I do not believe it can be tweaked.

– Michael Gianaris

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Donald Trump doesn't like wind farms at all, donald Trump says,' When I look out of my window and I see these wind mills it offends me.'.

– Hicks Wigmore

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Even if it offends our post-communist conventional wisdom, I think we have to begin accepting the notion that Xi Jinping actually believes in Marx and Marxism.

– Jude Blanchette

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If it offends you when I post saying I believe in protecting our nation’s children and supporting their right to free speech. Well, I’m sorry you feel that right is only for the privileged few.

– Jonathan Scott -LRB- R -RRB-

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

In the United States, the idea of a deep state offends our common notions of representative government and transparency, so it’s easy to use the term as a weapon against enemies and as a catch-all explanation when things don’t go the way they ought to. This is dangerous because we live in our bubbles, and we are less likely to accept the non-conspiratorial answer for something if it doesn’t fit for our preconceptions.

– Marc Ambinder

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I am not trying to be too cute here, but House Republicans have truly constructed a bill that offends every important group, i do think it is fair to take it to the bank that we will be talking about this through 2018.

– Tyler Law

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I have been through failures of such magnitude, that offlate success offends me!

– Ramana Pemmaraju

added by Ramana Pemmaraju
7 years ago

I’ve spoken a lot in recent days about the deplorable conditions in many of our inner cities, as a father, as a builder, as an American, it offends my sense of right and wrong to see anyone living in such conditions. The latest headlines on the 2016 elections from the biggest name in politics. See Latest Coverage.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

There is a common worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough. This cheap Christianity . . . offends nobody, requires no sacrifice, costs nothing, and is worth nothing!

– J. C. Ryle (1816-1900)

added by meteorstorm
7 years ago

Was Woodrow Wilson an unabashed racist? Yes. Should we talk about that, should we condemn it? Yes, but we shouldn't be involved in this bizarre process of erasing our history because it offends our ears. This is something the media pushes, but I think the American people are fed up with it. There is a reservoir of common sense that recognizes this is dumb.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

That's the definition of a no-fly zone, if that offends folks in the U.N. crowd, I'm sorry, but America needs to assert itself again.

– New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It offends our system of justice.

– Michael Schachter

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The main problem people have with breast-feeding is they sexualize breasts, so it offends them, if we could make them less taboo, breast-feeding would be much more acceptable in society.

– Jessica Wardell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I would rather you didn't even book me for the shows. I'm not no hired monkey, just don't be cool with me. Don't talk to me. If you feel that way about me that you would want to hang me from a tree then don't talk to me. I would stay away from you because obviously my skin color offends your life.

– Trinidad James

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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