Are INTPs Easily Offended?

[Jennywocky]

Like Hawkeye noted about himself, when I was younger, I used to be offended by a lot and I would take things as personally directed that were not necessarily personal.

Nowadays it's different. I think in general "offense" is generated when a person is blindsided by someone or insecure about themselves; I'm far less insecure, and I also am pretty much aware of any criticism that might be aimed at me, I already know what my flaws are or what someone might take issue with.

I find I can get annoyed at people who say things that COULD be construed as offensive; it's not that I'm personally offended directly by what they said, I just see their attitudes and comments as crass, clueless, thoughtless, or inept in some way. I find it lame that people would either purposefully try to piss someone off or be unnecessarily offensive, in the spirit of general interaction.

 

[Flawed_Ravvn]

When I was younger, I was the same way. Someone told me I sucked at something or made it known that I was inferior to them, I would break down crying and what not.

Now, it depends on the person that is giving me the offensive remark. If it's just someone I met, I don't really care cause they don't know me as well as they think they do. But if its like a close friend (if I had one) or a parent, then ya I would take that pretty offensively.

But also over the years, I've come to have a pretty think shell and not care to much about what other people think of me.

 

[Helvete]

When I was younger I was aware I thought differently to most people, but didn't know how/why. This lead to constant attacks to my intelligence and this did upset me and I believed for a long while I was stupid. Then I realised I was stupid for thinking I was stupid (I still have doubts though, just can't help it). Nowadays I laugh (internally) when my intelligence is belittled, unless it's someone who knows me. I suppose it only offends me as it's a personal attack from someone who has more insight on me than a random, regardless of whether I thought they were right or not. Opposed to an opinion I couldn't care for.

 

[elliott]

Like Greenspace, I'm very conciliatory and will nearly never get angry in response to what people say about me. I'm really very insecure, though, and try to avoid criticism like the plague.

 

[Koosy]

call me cold, evil, bad, boring, annoying, ugly, unsociable, unpleasant and I feel nothing

call me stupid and I will kill you (or only walk away and never talk with you more)

Basicly this.

 

[TheIntellectualFraud]

I don't really get offended by what peoples are saying/doing to me, I get offended because they think they have the right to even try and offend me therefore they think they are my superior except they are not.

 

[StevenM]

Yes, I'll admit I can be easily offended.

Mostly by those who seem eager to push my buttons, and those who are rigorously searching for what makes me tick. If I sense any slight shred of good-will in a person, I can get over anything easily. Otherwise, I do my best to cut you out of my life.

 

[birdsnestfern]

I'm occasionally offended by certain things.
Some types of superficial beauty, favoritism, drama and manipulation, people being ultra loud, sugary sweet fakeness, public shaming, being rude or mean on purpose, double standards, social injustices, I can be offended for sure, but I see through it and just see people as being at different levels in their evolution, ie, they might be loud or offensive but I'm not responsable for changing them. Ie, I think any emotion is there to motivate some type of change, so if someone is being offensive, what do I want to change about something? Usually you can change your reaction or something in the environment, like accept whatever trait that bothers you in them and accept the same trait in yourself. Because you've likely repressed whatever issue bothers you in others. Just bring that trait out and air it a bit is probably all you need to do.

Like, maybe I need to embrace superficial beauty a little more, or allow myself to be more dramatic and manipulative, just examples. Its just that those traits are not what I appreciate in others or myself.