My First Rant (was deleted, now replaced)

PC. A very simple term. Political Correctness is a concept designed to provide a safe, unoffensive environment to others. And, quite simply it is destroying our country. It falls along the lines of immunities to diseases. You have to be exposed to something, before you gain the capability to become immune to it. And, partially, this is what political correctness does. But, there is something about political correctness that is worse. Because, while with an illness, you lose the immunity to just that specific disease. With PC, you not only cannot handle certain terms, phrases, whatever, but you come to expect that others will help propagate it. In layman's terms, you come to expect that no one will ever offend you, and they're the one who is wrong, just for offending you. That's a fucking problem. Yes, I understand that it is polite to try to avoid subjects that may or may not upset someone. But when the ones offended expect us to change, just to fit them? That just doesn't work. It saddens me to live in a world where the KKK and Nazi marches are constitutionally protected, but some groups want to "balance things" by putting creationism in school, or remove the pledge of allegiance from schools.
And the pledge of allegiance? (Don't mind my lack of sticking to a thought, I wander) People get so upset about "under god" thing. Even if you don't believe in god, just the phrase itself is a powerful symbol. Just don't make the pledge mandatory. And maybe explain it to kids, just say, "yes, you might not believe, but millions have died, killed, and started wars over god. Accept it at least as a symbol of your loyalty." That's what the damn pledge is supposed to mean. Who gives a fuck if you believe in god, you live in America, so you do like it, right? Ah... I digress..

Once again, I leave you with a thought provoking idea. Someone makes a joke, and it crosses the line of what you consider, "ok", and you're offended. You confront the person who made the joke, and explain that it was all intended in good fun, they don't believe what they said, and did not intend to upset you. Now, are you still offended by them? And, if so, how? How can you be offended by something that was not intended as such. Can you not be offended by something, unless it was offensive?