Grow a thicker skin? Really!?!?
That sort of attitude is complete and total bullshit. It's a right wing attitude on par with that annoying bootstrap stuff. We women, minorities, and gays are just too darn sensitive... can't take a joke... wasn't meant to offend... lighten up...
Sound familiar?
It's not all that different when someone is called a shill, purity troll, obamabot, whatever. The person on the receiving end of these types of comments have every reason to feel bad about it. It's designed to make people feel bad. That's why it's insulting.
If you are one of the people who have said or rec'd someone saying people need to "grow thicker skins" or something similar here, you need a sensitivity upgrade. Diaries and comments here do NOT write themselves. There is a person behind them, who may or may not be blessed with your confidence and godlike power of insult reflection.
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