It makes me sad that so many of us who have had similar experiences all work for Planned Parenthood - ugh. Someone at our office always answers the question this way: "I work for a great nonprofit that provides women (posted to Coming Out as an Abortion Provider)
Thank you everyone for your comments! I appreciate the reinforcement. I have no idea why it threw me for such a loop, but you're right. You definitely can't please them all! I'm not going to respond to her message - (posted to Am I offensive? And should I care?)
There are definitely a couple of people I'd love out of my feed. I'm going to go try again to filter them out right now. (posted to Am I offensive? And should I care?)
Stuff like this bothers me. Like others have said, it's YOUR facebook and if your "friend" doesn't like what you have to say, too damn bad for that person. (posted to Am I offensive? And should I care?)
There is no such thing as a right not to be offended. The right to freedom of speech is a right to protection from violent reprisals, not a right to protection from criticism. So, yeah, if someone is offended, that's (posted to Am I offensive? And should I care?)
It's a personality trait that's far more common in women than in men - because society aggressively pushes women to be submissive and to always worry about other people's feelings. (posted to Am I offensive? And should I care?)
Exactly - it's your Facebook page, and if she's offended by something on your Facebook page, that's her problem. I'm an atheist. I have Facebook friends who are hardcore Fundamentalist Christians. If they are offended by me listing my religion (posted to Am I offensive? And should I care?)