Snowflake!

I think that there is too much emphasis on us NOT being offended and NOT speaking up when we are offended. And what we see are terrible arguments, domestic disputes, malicious gossiping etc as the result. That is, very poorly delivered objections, that we have been encouraging people to build up and contain and when eventually released, usually ends up being even more offensive than the original offender’s misbehavior.

Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right. Being offended is a choice and should be chosen wisely.

— Mark Manson (@IAmMarkManson) July 1, 2020

This is a tweet from Mark Manson #1 NYTimes bestselling author of “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck”. I beg to differ with Mark as I mentioned to Mark, although I do agree that how we choose to be offended should be done wisely:

I don’t necessarily agree mark. one of the problems is that we can be too cautious when we are offended and suppress it until the 3rd or 4th time and then explode, being more offensive in our objection. I say use a measured objection early so that we can test the waters.

— Desmond Sherlock (@ObjectEbook) July 3, 2020

And then you have this from his followers….

Being offended is a waste of time and emotions. Don't be offended by truths and stupid things.

You don't have to be offended so everyone pays attention to you. It's a choice, choose intelligently.

— kaizen 🕯 (@KaizenHabit) July 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/ReinventYrslf/status/1278353943597330432

https://twitter.com/LivingOutward/status/1278387376079986688

It is no wonder we have so many relationship issues in our society when everyone is being encouraged to basically “shut the F#*K up!”

Object123 goes in the opposite direction, I believe, by encouraging team members to actively and openly object to offensive behavior or misbehavior in real-time. Emphasizing how and when we object being the most important point and that we agree to use a singular platform to do so. Finally, we can now rightly know that we can even take offense to these idioms, and no longer think we have to accept being called a Snowflake.