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[quote=Anonymous]I follow Doreen Gentzler, 6 pm Anchor on NBC4 News, on Instagram. Yesterday she posted a picture of some gorgeous trees in bloom in her “hood”.....she actually used the word “hood”. If you are a fan of Ch. 4 news, you know that she and the late Jim Vance, an African-American, were best of friends. They had the tightest bond, upmost respect for one another on and off the set. They meant the world to one another. Not only that, she is a very professional, classy, well poised journalist, with years of experience. I HIGHLY doubt that she would use the word “hood” on her IG account if it was a racial slur.

Life has a lot of daily stresses - we all have them. Life is full of challenges, daily. Today’s society is very uptight, angry, and ready to criticize one another constantly. This whole trend of everything is offensive has gotten out-of-control. It’s geting to the point of ridiculousness. When speaking in public, it’s getting to the point where you have no idea what you can say or not, are you going to offend someone? It’s seriously over-the-top ridiculous and it’s causing a lot of issues amongst our society.

I’m an Irish-America. The Irish are described as drunks, dumb, etc. Now that could easily offend me. I’m not a drunk nor dumb. Sure some Irish may be drunks, but so are Americans, Russians, Asians, African-Americans, etc. Do I go around crying foul? NO! I have too many other important things to do to let something so petty offend me.

This country use to be fun, friendly, less stressful. There are a lot of elements that are changing our society and how we think. But seriously, this trend of every single word offending someone is freaking out-of-control.

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