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by Semiapies 5682 days ago
Because if the majority can't universally dismiss someone else taking offense as "having no sense of humor", then they run the risk of admitting that they might have said something wrong, or that they could have said it in a better way.

Dangit, answering rhetorical questions again...

Personally, the funny part to me is people arguing that the "integrity" of a quote that's already been hacked up must be "maintained".