The other big Truth to this is that very often, the person most offended by a comment decides to be offended on behalf of some group he/she isn't part of. I see it all the time for comments on race or sexual orientation. After somebody gets super offended , a person who's actually in the demographic finds it funny and sometimes even repeats it.
I don't see it as much for gender. Nobody's allowed to stick up for men when there's an anti-male comment, but sometimes a guy will be offended on behalf of women. Usually it's a PC guy, so it's pretty clear he's doing it to ingratiate himself with the maleophobic alpha feminazis. (Note: specific terminology used to distinguish from "feminists" who just want equal rights, and feminazis who want extra prvilideges to make up for...oh, idk, centuries of patriarchy, of which nobody today can do anything about.)
But good lord people are slightly sensitive...
Someone: That was so gay
People: THATS SO OFFENSIVE. YOURE GOING TO HELL.
I don't see it as much for gender. Nobody's allowed to stick up for men when there's an anti-male comment, but sometimes a guy will be offended on behalf of women. Usually it's a PC guy, so it's pretty clear he's doing it to ingratiate himself with the maleophobic alpha feminazis. (Note: specific terminology used to distinguish from "feminists" who just want equal rights, and feminazis who want extra prvilideges to make up for...oh, idk, centuries of patriarchy, of which nobody today can do anything about.)