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  1. Free speech is offending someone when necessary. Opposing "political correctness" is claiming the right to be offensive on a whim.

    Tuesday, 29-Mar-16 10:32:11 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au
    1. @mjd free speech is speaking freely

      Tuesday, 29-Mar-16 10:32:47 UTC from quitter.se
      1. @taknamay And accepting opprobrium if you've been rude for no good reason, with no defense of "Hey! Political correctness!"

        Tuesday, 29-Mar-16 10:53:01 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au
        1. For those following along at home, the # is "opprobrium". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/opprobrium Opprobrium.

          Tuesday, 29-Mar-16 10:58:04 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au
      2. @taknamay [Said as somebody with no social skills, who is probably blithely offending people all day every day, but they're too polite to point it out.]

        Tuesday, 29-Mar-16 10:55:55 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au
        1. The supplementary # is "blithely". https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blithely Blithely.

          Tuesday, 29-Mar-16 11:00:07 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au