Silly question, but have you ever read an article or watched a news report that was all about how "Person A was offended by the words of Person B"? These shocking and awe-inspiring breaking news reports have thrilled audiences everywhere with stories of heartbreak and eventual triumph... Okay, I cannot even joke about it anymore! I would like anyone reading this to take a moment and step back. I realize that everyone enjoys a certain amount of drama for the sake of entertainment, but set that aside for a moment. Let us ask ourselves, at the most basic level, what are they talking about in those reports and articles? The simple answer is, feelings. Just simple, everyday, everyone-has-one-every-two-seconds feelings!

Did I mention that yesterday I had the feeling that I was being watched, as it turned out my daughter had looked up from her phone and noticed a small spider on my shoulder...riveting! I read an article today by a woman, whose name I will not say, who had heard about another article from a friend. So, she was writing about an article that a friend had read, and the friend had been deeply offended by a racial slur in this article. To be clear, she was not offended, her friend was. In fact, he felt something "...close to rage!" at the shocking comments of a certain athlete. Meaning that this author is so easily offended that it does not even have to be her that is exposed to the offensive content. If anyone she knows has an unpleasant feeling, she runs to her computer and makes sure that the whole world knows about it. Can you imagine what might have happened if we had never known that anonymous friend of some blogger had been offended by anonymous athlete? Heaven help us.

Do you remember the national crisis back in 2006? You know, the one where Mel Gibson made an anti-Semitic comment and millions of lives were lost? Do you know how many times he had to apologize for exercising his freedom of speech (in an admittedly disgusting way)? The most recent article that is easily found about that incident is from 2013! That means that for at least seven years people have cried about one comment. To be blunt, that is pathetic. After his first apology, Gibson should have been left alone. In fact, I would not even have made him apologize the first time. The point is, anyone that continued to use that incident as an excuse to draw attention to themselves, which is everyone involved, owes him an apology. Except, they should keep the apologies out of the news because seriously, who cares? To be clear, I am saying that feelings are not news and everyone should stop reporting on them forever.