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They also imagine insults where none is intended.
And sometimes criticism will be taken as an insult where none is intended.
But as I will discover, this is Wareing all over: defensive, even when on the receiving end of praise; hyper-alert to criticism, even when none is intended.
Pommy crackdown would make a case for racism where none is intended Ken Bates will be delighted he has no case to answer after those comments about Chelsea.
Here's another stereotype that I don't feel comfortable with – it's the professional placard, quick to find offence where none is intended, quick to scream blue murder when they feel that they have been censored – but just as quick to pick up the tools of the oppressor when it suits them.
Of course, in this live-and-let-live world which features the comical desperation of many football fans to chisel out offence where none is intended (see the comments under last week's Joy of Six for examples), it's worth pointing out that if a club in which you happen to take an interest happens to appear on the list, that doesn't make your support inauthentic in any way.
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What if none were intended?
"No punches were thrown, none were intended to be thrown, Jordan said.
"So have I," she coos in return, hearing a metaphor where none was intended.
My friends say that I'm acting self-centered and finding a slight where none was intended.
It's not as if Newt hasn't apologized for giving offense where none was intended: he has.
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