The Walrus Said: Don't offend jelly bellies
The Chief Officer in Lakeland, Florida lost his job.
His crime?
Calling fat police officers "jelly bellies" in a memo.
The Walrus says:
And to society in general I say, why on earth are we constantly looking for reasons to be outraged and offended? I am all for treating other people with compassion and respect, but I am sick to death of the prevailing mentality of reading sexist/racist/insensitive/nasty motivations into just about every word spoken in public. And it is about time that courts, governments and bureaucracies stopped enabling these perpetually offended people. I need my outrage for situations that genuinely warrant it (think Darfur and kiddy porn, just for starters) and these people are giving me outrage fatigue. Grow up and get over it and let's use that energy to tackle problems that actually matter.
I utterly concur with The Walrus.
