Who wants to be offended today?
[...] people log on to social media where they discover words that offend their delicate sensibilities.
Sometimes the perennially offended even win a trophy for their troubles — such as the scalp of ESPN analyst and former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.
In August, the network suspended Schilling for posting a tweet that likened Muslim “extremists” with German Nazis to illustrate that a small segment of a population can do a lot of damage.
On his blog, “38 pitches,” Schilling called out “all of you out there who are just dying to be offended so you can create some sort of faux cause to rally behind.”
(Note to ESPN: “inclusive” should mean you don’t exclude people for holding contrary opinions.) He, however, did correctly observe that the forces who pay tribute to “tolerance” and “acceptance” can be the most intolerant themselves.
From all appearances, ESPN fired Schilling for unapologetic opposition to laws that end bathroom gender barriers — a mainstream position two years ago.
Ergo, they demand safe spaces at universities to coddle students who say certain opinions “trigger” fear.
While conservatives have had their eyes opened on that score, Corporate America — in this case, ESPN and Twitter — has taken on the job of shielding liberals from pointed critics.
ESPN fired analyst Curt Schilling for posting a gross photo of a fat man in drag and the exhortation to let him in “the restroom with your daughter or else you’re a narrow-minded, judgmental, unloving racist bigot who needs to die.”
In March, reporter Michelle Fields accused Donald Trump aide Corey Lewandowski of battery because he grabbed her arm as she tried to interview the presidential hopeful.