Is It Wrong To Tell People What Should Or Should Not Offend Them?

That should offend you.

That should not be offensive to you.

These are two sentences I've heard from people pertaining to issues (mostly issues related to race and racial sensitivity ... or insensitivity).

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With So-Called 'Anchor Babies,' Fox News Again Uses Race And Fear To Divide

I read this entry on News Hounds (describing what is, in essence, a typical day of race baiting, fear and xenophobia on Fox News):

Today’s Fox “anchor baby” shower spilled over from Fox “opinion” news to actual Fox “News” when Martha MacCallum talked about how “anchor babies” are an abuse of the 14th Amendment. But it turns out that the party began with American’s favorite “Aryan” morning show a.ka. “Fox & Friends” where blonde, Teutonic former Miss America Gretchen Carlson spoke of how the fight against “so called anchor babies” is brewing in a bunch of states. Gretch defined “anchor babies” as those born to illegal immigrants. (As opposed to those on student or other visas who are just so much better than those who work for deplorable wages, in deplorable conditions so that “real” Americans can make real profits.) If Fox really wants to extend the theme aspect of their party against undocumented (read, bad brown Spanish speaking people who pick our vegetables) then they should really have a Pinata.

Fox News ignores the offensive nature of the term "anchor baby" or "anchor babies" as it hits the airwaves.

I wanted to laugh at some of the descriptions but this hits pretty close to home when you take a look at what Fox News does 24/7 as a public relations firm for the GOP.