not choosing to find something offensive as such doesnt mean it wasnt offensive it means you turned the other cheek claiming that nothing in the world is offensive denies reality for social libertarianism it just doesnt work in practice a white supremacist going up to a random black guy to scream nigger in his face is an offensive act meant to cause offense he can choose to respond to the provocation or not but the law is on his side here for a reason the word itself implies an outward act not an inward one people who take offense at non or minorly offensive things are often called defensive by exactly the same reasoning