Wellp, let’s face it. There’ll always be someone who’ll find some way to be offended by anything. The “South Park” episode about a completely non-offensive all-inclusive Christmas Holiday all-inclusive non-denominational season play was a good exposé of such a thing.
A real-life example about “safe spaces” and “safe-learning” in universities was how intolerance was absolutely verboten. Someone who was a rather devout Christian had no personal hatred towards homosexuals, but was of the belief that it was a sin. “Hate the sin, but love the sinner”, and all that. Yet in class, he was absolutely terrified to even make mention of his beliefs, for fear of being sanctioned for various’n’sundry “hate crimes”. (And me personally, you couldn’t pay me to care any less whether someone sticks tab A into slot B or anything else, so don’t even start.)
Or people on campus who were forced to remove or at least cover up pro-Trump teeshirts a few years ago. Yet no one else with political slogans was told to do similarly. (Similarly, I’m apolitical, and think they’re all just flip-sides of the same statist coin, so don’t start.)
Hell, someone with the .signature of a simple “Jesus loves you!” could cause someone offense somehow. I work in a neighborhood with a pretty large Jewish contingent, went to a tailor, he wished me a Happy Hannukkah, and did I take offense, stress a Merry Christmas at him, or an “inclusive” Happy Holidays at him? No, of course not. Wished him a Happy Hannukkah right back and that was it, we both went away happy.
So any’n’all Professional Victims out there will find something to piss’n’moan about, no matter what your intent.
And, oh man, speaking of which, a few years back I had a discussion with got lectured at by a SJW, who went into everything from “microaggressions” to “white privilege”, and basically accusing me of being a racist just because I have white skin. Talk about “guilty until prov—… well, forever”.
So yeah, I agree with the whole “slippery slope” thing. Let things be handled on a case by case basis if need be, and just like the old “Rude!” buttons, let there be discretion, because you know some snowflake is going to flag something for whatever reason, no matter how inane.