"say offensive things" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to speak words or phrases that are disrespectful, hurtful, or inappropriate. This phrase can be used in various contexts, such as describing someone's behavior or quoting someone's offensive words. Example: - The politician was known for frequently saying offensive things during his speeches. - She regretted blurting out offensive things during the argument. - He was criticized for his tendency to say offensive things without thinking about the impact of his words.
Intellectually, Yale should allow students to say offensive things.
But there are two different issues tangled up here: whether students have a right to say offensive things, and whether it is right for them to do so.
Fortunately for the gun control side, N.R.A. leaders have a tendency to say offensive things that undermine their organizational and monetary advantages.
They were both still wary of each other: Derek wondered whether Matthew was trying to get him drunk so he would say offensive things that would appear on the forum; Matthew wondered whether Derek was trying to cultivate a Jewish friend to protect himself against charges of anti-Semitism.
"Forty-six percent would support a law making it illegal to say offensive things about African Americans; there is less support for banning insults against other groups (41percentt for Jews, 40percentt for immigrants and military-service members, 39percentt for Hispanics, 37percentt for Muslims, 36percentt for gays, lesbians, and transgender people, 35percentt for Christians).
Candidates and party members would say offensive things.
At some point saying "offensive" things online stopped being a social faux pas and became a potentially criminal act.
If a politician in the news says offensive things, it is up to the American public to reject him — not the panjandrums of the media.
She slouched around in short skirts and fishnet stockings, smoking and saying offensive things to her mother.
If a politician in the news says offensive things, it is up to the American public to reject him not the panjandrums of the media.
"They ran ads with my face on it, and they said, 'Oh, you look at this, a former liberal, and his former pastor's said offensive things.
