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to some people it's pride, to some people it's ignorance, to some people it's the effect of society, you can never rule out what makes a person offended, it's called 'personal life' i don't easily get offended, i like getting my point across, but some people just get really offended quickly which is what i hate, i mean your a grown up, you got to learn how to control your brains pattern of thinking for a little bit. :)

13 years ago. Rating: 5
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It takes a lot to offend me but ignorance does upset me when there's no desire to learn.

13 years ago. Rating: 4
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My thought on this is when someone offends you they insult you. Most times for me when someone accuses me of something I didn't do, that will bother me. Other times someone takes what I said or typed the wrong way, and they hammer back hard, hurling insults etc., that's offensive but usually doesn't bother me.

13 years ago. Rating: 4
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Many times it's the truth about us that can hit the hardest, like when a friend calls you out for treating your girl bad, or something your not doing right. We justify our actions to perceive ourselves in our own minds as good people.

How many people have you met that have a completely different view of themselves, than the rest of the world had, i.e., Charlie Sheen. Pride can compel us to continue down the wrong path, all for the hopes of being correct or right. We have blinders on sometimes when it comes to our own actions.

Some people are just sensitive or oversensitive people, I have dated some seriously sensitive women, I think the root of the problem may be in insecurity. It can cause us to misunderstand what people are saying because our own perceptions. Or what we think other people think about us.

13 years ago. Rating: 4
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Vanity, low self esteem. pride. ignorance, guilt, too name a few

13 years ago. Rating: 3
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I javent any ...so that explains why I an never trully offended.. But self respect ihave in truck loads.

13 years ago. Rating: 2
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No it is not always pride sometimes it is the environment we grew up in and how we were treated growing up but I hope and pray to overcome that in life but I know I cannot do it alone I can only do it with God's help.

13 years ago. Rating: 2
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Low self-esteem, guilt are culpirt's else hurtful things would just run off like water on a ducks back. Don't nurture it, a fire cannot burn if you do't throw fuel on it. One must simply consider the source, ignore it, forgive it, walk away. Its just ignorance going on. ;)

13 years ago. Rating: 2
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To irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.

13 years ago. Rating: 1
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Self-esteem

If someone offends you, do you value their opinion more than your own?

If someone offends you, have they taken away some of your power?

We look for power ro replace missing, or partially missing, self esteem

Authority, horsepower, larger, more valuable, having things, going shoppping for an uplift, all substitute for self empowerment, ie self-esteem

If you're not what you have expected yourself to be, you might considering being something else, like satisfied with yourself.

Do you value the opinion of others to reinforce how you feel about yourself.  If you do you try to influence and trick others in ways;  authority, horsepower, etc., into viewing you as you want to view yourself. 

Seems their  is no  greater motivation for the human being than self-esteem.

13 years ago. Rating: 1
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