there is such a thing as being overly polite, to the point that your speech is just bland platitudes when your main concern is not offending anyone

and guess what? even then, people are going to get offended

there is a limit to how much you can sugarcoat everything you say in public, and i think the us has passed that limit into oversensitive territory

you are right, it is nuanced

my strategy is to say "sorry" when it's due, rather than overthink every minute iota. of course, i'm not running for office and i don't live in the us