But the plain fact is that that's how the world is. I can take a joke and there are very few things that would get me offended, but not everybody is like that. Some people look for reasons to fight and argue, some people legitimately take offense for reasons beyond our understanding (IE: A woman who was beaten by her husband/father and called "*****" constantly takes offense to the shirt, even though that was never the intention.)
And I'm saying I don't care. I've never gotten into fights or had anything blow up in my face because of my decisions. If it does, I'll deal with it when it happens.
Bottom line is it's crude and unneccessary. It would be great if everybody was a little more laid back about stuff, I think it would make a lot of people's lives easier. It's human nature. Just because i'm that way doesn't mean everybody else is, and if you don't take offense to something that you know is potentially offensive, but say, wear, or do it anyways, then it's pretty clear you're doing it just to be a ****.
I don't think that's necessarily true. Both to "crude and unnecessary", and "you're doing it just to be a ****".
EDIT: Incidentally daerid you live in denver. Everybody is baked there anyways. Our cabbie tried to sell us weed a couple years ago when we were visiting, so It's not like you're walking around harlem with a WHITE POWER shirt on where you're likely to get shot stabbed or beaten.
But I didn't grow up here, I've only lived here for 2 1/2 years. I grew up in Los Angeles, where people are WAY more sensitive to stuff like what we're talking about. And I didn't care when I lived there, either.
I don't wear stuff like that to intentionally piss people off. But I also don't worry about whether I do or not. Incidentally, if somebody were to make a stink about it, I'd be very civil and polite about explaining to them my views, but I wouldn't apologize.
