(Video Above: Alabama National Guard Infantry officer Jordan Thompson was featured on Fox News Friday morning)
Birmingham, Ala. — Jordan Thompson, the Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army, University of Alabama graduate, and current Cumberland School of Law student whose “I’m offended that everyone is offended by something!” rant went viral this week was featured on Fox and Friends Friday morning.
Fox and Friends co-host Steve Doocy asked Thompson what prompted the now-famous social media post.
“I was just pretty fed up,” Thompson responded. “I feel like a lot of people get offended these days by minuscule things that really aren’t as significant as they make them out to be, and instead of doing something about it and being proactive, people just sit around and complain.
“People should be more offended by [the abuse of] a flag that actually represents them and represents our country,” he continued. “That flag, to me, is a symbol for unity,” he continued. “It’s not a divider, it’s not a wedge between the North and the South used to be a 150 years ago. That flag, the American flag is really would should solidify our country as a whole, and bring us together. Yet when people are on Facebook or other social media websites doing a ‘challenge’ to stomp on the flag or you see people burning the flag in the street, and there’s not the same uproar, that really upsets me.
Watch the whole segment in the video above, and read his initial rant that went viral on Yellowhammer News earlier this week below.
I’m offended that everyone is offended by something.
I’m offended that because I’m a white male, people automatically classify me as privileged, regardless of knowing where I’ve come from or what I’ve been through. I’m offended that our First Amendment has turned into freedom of speech [just as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone’s feelings]. I’m offended that people assume I’m racist because I believe in economic development by way of Capitalism and a free-market economy.
I’m offended that people who are too afraid to ask for food stamps, disability, or unemployment (because they don’t want a handout) are probably the ones who could use it most, yet the majority of recipients who do in fact receive handouts abuse their “privilege” and continue to make frivolous purchases.
I’m offended that people care more about taking down an outdated Confederate flag but don’t get riled up when their American flag is being burned in the street. I’m offended that people care more about blocking homosexuals from getting married than fixing their own, broken and unstable, heterosexual marriages. I’m offended that fast food workers get paid more than my soldiers yet still expect to get paid more than nurses.
I’m offended by people who claim how offended they are, while they do nothing but gripe about it on their phones or laptops, when they could be writing or calling their respective representatives to actually get something accomplished. I’m offended by the lack of initiative, hard work, and tenacity in this country. I’m offended by complainers who pity themselves and just want to take as much as they can. I’m offended by those who have in fact “made it” yet are too rude to give back to the communities in which they’ve come from.
I’m offended by people who vote for a person based on the party they represent, the race or gender, age or a religion of a candidate… instead of how the candidate proposes to address each issue, respectivly. I’m offended by people who aren’t open-minded and think they’re always right, no matter what. I’m offended by people who don’t listen and read and legitimately try to understand unfamiliar concepts before brushing them off. I’m offended of what our country has become.
I don’t claim to know solutions to these issues… eventually maybe we will. I just pray that we can one day change our country for the better. And hope that our offenses can turn into progress.
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— Elizabeth BeShears (@LizEBeesh) January 21, 2015
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