Preditors

Let's start by looking at the definition according to Merriam Webster.

Predator
An animal that lives by killing and eating other animals : an animal that preys on other animals.

A person who looks for other people in order to use, control, or harm them in some way.

I think that's what we need to focus on.  We spend way too much time worrying about, being pissed off about, and/or complaining about things that "offend" us.    We have laws that protect us.  Protect our constitutional right, our personal protection and freedoms.  But there aren't any laws that say you can't be offended.  So suck it up, get over it and focus on something else.

How about focusing on the not so obvious predators.  The obvious ones are easy to focus on.  The ones that we put people in prison for and see on the news all the time. 

What about the one we might see on the news for a moment and then forget about.  Like banking institutions and huge corporations that swindle hard working people out of their money and then when the get caught have to pay a small percentage of the profits they made as a fine.  What about the companies that offer credit and loans that trap people in debt for years upon years. What about the "for profit" colleges that promise an education that they can't provide, false placement and salary ranges that will, in most cases, never be achieved.  Only to drown someone in a debt they will never be able to pay.

How about the businesses out there that scam the elderly, and ill.  The businesses that charge outrageous prices for their products just because they can.

There are countless examples of these kinds of predators but we are too busy be angry because someone offended us over something that's legal but just don't like it.  You do indeed have the right to be offended or angry over something that goes against your personal feelings and beliefs.  But the rights of others don't stop where your feelings begin.  If you don't like the way someone does business, don't do business with them.  If you don't like someone because of their actions or beliefs, don't associate with them. There's no law that says you have to.  Then take all that pent up anger and frustration and focus it on the people and organizations that take advantage of others and get away with it.  Who know, you may be next to be taken in by one of them.