Offended?

I was just reading an article about a girl that dressed up as a Boston Marathon Runner covered in blood.  Not only did she get fired from her job but she has also been harassed with death threats. The more social media I read the more I see similar outbursts from people.

People/Readers are easily offended, and have no problems tooting their horn all over the Internet. Yet, I'm sure if face to face these same people wouldn't say a word to show their irritation.

One face book user was very offended by a plastic Halloween skeleton hanging from the neck in a neighbors yard. She was horrified and extremely angry over "lynching" and how this made her think of slavery.  Really? It's a toy decoration hanging in a tree... I mean people have been lynched for thousands of years... not just African Americans. But that is besides the point. People just want to get angry over something. They want to point a finger...

I feel for this girl that just lost her job. Halloween is supposed to be about scary costumes, things that make you scream in the night. The day of the dead. It initiates the triduum of Hallowmas, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers.^[7] 

So, according to the definition, wouldn't this girl have had an appropriate costume? She was remembering the dead... perhaps it was her sexy happy pose that caused more of a threat?

I'm more offended by young women that use this holiday to dress up in provocative dresses, showing lots of cleavage and upper thigh. It's not cute, it's not scary, it just says one thing... You finish that sentence, I'm not going to. Yet, I'm not offended at all. Again, it's all for fun. Dress how you want. Just cover your bits and pieces!


For me, this Halloween was scary. The people year after year become more opinionated and sensitive. I slowly start to find myself getting pushed further from the circle of normal. Normal is social media, iPhone crazed, young people and old people alike living their lives through the Internet. It makes it easy for them to go on blast and blow their hateful comments every which way. It's cowardly.
People are judgemental and angry and get a kick out of destroying and tormenting young girls that dress up in dumb Halloween costumes.

I feel sorry for the girl. I hope someone will give her a second change and people will eventually leave her alone. Don't people realize they have ruined this young persons life? It's a Halloween costume.... not a mockery of terrorism or people that were hurt or killed at the marathon.