easily offended
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Balkan goes further, arguing that people today are more easily offended than they were two decades ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
“I'm sorry, people are too easily offended now! If you don’t like a joke, don’t laugh!” she bellows.
From Salon ● May 24, 2024
So I understand certain parts of the gay community being upset, but I’m Black, I’m a female, and I’m a comedian, and I’m not easily offended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
I’m not easily offended, but the tone of Kathleen Parker’s Sept. 15 op-ed, “A parade of politics, and tone-deafness,” was hard to let slide.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
In his father’s presence, he was easily offended.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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