21 Ways to Claim Offense (Real or Otherwise)

1. They said something inaccurate.
2. They said something insensitive.
3. They said something offensive.
4. Their timing was wrong.
5. They slanted the facts.
6. They shot from the hip.
7. They chose the wrong audience.
8. Their words were okay but the tone was off.
9. They said something once said by a really bad person and so they must be bad.
10. They are hypocritical.
11. They are posturing.
12. They are inarticulate.
13. They are too smooth.
14. They are just repeating talking points. (Unlike our side, of course.)
15. They've said this before.
16. They've never said this before so their remarks must be contrived.
17. They didn't say it but they implied it.
18. They didn't say it but we know they really meant it.
19. They sounded arrogant.
20. They talked down to us.
21. They were demagogic.