Caleb Ingegneri’s Reviews > Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, And The First Amendment > Status Update

"I have heard people speak of the need to protect "offensive" speech. The word offensive is used as if we are speaking of a difference in taste, as if I should learn to be less sensitive to words that "offend" me. I cannot help but believe that those people who speak of offense—those who argue that this speech must go unchecked—do not understand the great difference between offense and injury"(74)