I think I would hate to be in a space where I couldn't voice my opinion without people constantly telling me that my opinions are disrespectful/hurt them. It would be like, "For fuck's sake... can I not say anything without people imposing their hurt feelings onto me here?"

I'm sure that I could say all sorts of things are "offensive", but that wouldn't get me anywhere... I would be a crippling mess if I let opinions impact me all the time, I would have to constantly police the people around me which makes me not very fun... and it would be an awful environment for everyone involved.

I think we need to move away from offence culture... take the responsibility for our own hurt feelings and sort them out without policing others. Of course, if someone is intentionally being disrespectful towards you, then I can understand that... but then they want you to be offended. Then you have other tools to help there, like you can insult them back or disengage from them. You don't have to like them either.

Though I do find that if you remain polite, sometimes people will change their tune... you can have serious and interesting conversations on certain topics. And some people do have personalities that are more likely to be rude compared to others, it's how they approach the situations. Again, there are ways to handle that. Once you understand how someone operates, you can adjust accordingly. The problem comes when you expect others to adjust to you... it isn't going to work that way if they don't want to. You end up adding expectations or demands on them. People don't usually respond well to that, depending on how you tell them.