Comic Database: Steve Hughes... Offended?

> The internet is American, apparently. Whatever is posted online, you can find someone who is offended by it. Americans need to stop being afraid of words. I am actually worried this might seep into my culture at some point. It's fine to hold politicians and such to higher standards, expecting them to choose their words carefully. That's why it's called political correctness. But going around trying to police people's speech in everyday colloquial language, such as Google is doing here, is a road that will lead to disaster in many ways. Steve Hughes did a pretty famous 'rant' on the subject: [this video]

So who decides what is or is not offensive? Can anyone? How is one to predict what may or may not offend someone? What if I find your comment and tone offensive? does that mean that you have to now remove it? or that you'll censor youself in the future, lest you continue to offend me? And if you attempt to question the genuineness of my offense, then I take further offense at you attempting to de-legitimizing my original offense taken. To ground my point by way of example, consider this lunacy about the cry of "Japanese cultural appropriation" and how that is 'offensive': [link] Happily it was put to rest (by an ethnically Japanese person) but this is typical of the insanity that has taken over most campuses in the US right now Yes, it is infantalization to request that others self-censor just in case they may cause offense to you. there is no 'right to not be offended': [this video]