Have you ever been offended by a post?

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Permalink Reply by Ann on October 9, 2008 at 12:27pm

I think that writing or reading a blog sometimes does not portray the feelings. So I try to take everything into perspective. I've been offended by explicit sexual content, just don't feel it's appropriate on a blog.

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Permalink Reply by Ali on October 10, 2008 at 3:32pm

I find poorly written blogs extremely insulting. Just kidding! Was that offensive? (Sorry, I'm in a 'mood')

I can only think of a couple of blogs that I've come across here at MBC that I've found offensive but I'm not the type to leave a negative comment. I just don't visit again.

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Permalink Reply by Debra Legg on October 10, 2008 at 10:31pm

It's pretty hard to offend me, though an acquaintance who's a prolific email forwarder almost to the point of spam did exactly that last night with a racist joke. I asked her to keep that garbage out of my inbox.

By and large, racism, bigotry and intolerance in any form are what get me going. And convince me to quit reading. So do personal attacks, insults and general bullying. I don't even bother to respond to those -- wouldn't want to give the writer the extra page view. ;)

I'm not offended by ideas, though. I'm fairly liberal, but I will -- and do -- continue to read blogs with conservative slants if they're well-written and not nasty. We can all learn from each other.

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Permalink Reply by Nadine Sheree on October 11, 2008 at 1:12pm

Sure - but I have offended others to. Basically I think you have a right to your opinion and to state it as you please, but I also have the right to disagree and to state that. I will respect your right to decide what you believe as long as you respect my right to say I disagree. What bothers me is bloggers who have no problem voicing their own views but then get very upset if you voice your own and don't agree with them. Those types of blogs I don't go back to. But if it's an author that is willing to engage in an adult discussion with the readers, that's awesome

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