Keep in mind that a lot of the offense-taking you see happening publicly is done entirely on purpose. Think of it as adult/Internet equivalent of a child throwing a tantrum to see if they can manipulate their parents into getting what they want. In both cases, bowing down to the threats is not the right answer.
Re:Meet Q, a Genderless Voice
by curiousgal on Thursday March 28, 2019 @01:15AM
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My take on these situations is that they are NP-complete in a way: looking at something (the assistant voice for example) with a clear and objective mind and trying to figure out a way it's offensive is much harder that verifying whether an offensive attitude is being portrayed by that thing.
You know, I never understood why people trot this idea out so often. It's so irrational.
If people were rational, they would say "hmm, X doesn't offend me, but many people say that X offend them; perhaps they have a point."
Instead, only those who are incapable of understanding their own confirmation bias say "All these people say that X offends them; how silly."
I think this is a highly irrational take.
The better take would be: "Some people seem to be offended by everything; other people are not. What are the principal factors of a person that go into predicting 'will this person be offended by X'?"