Years ago, corporations found out that they could profit from celebrating certain large groups of people. To make more money, they kept finding more groups, smaller (but still big) groups to “represent”. When that well started drying up, they carved a new river of money… Offense by Proxy. What’s that? Well, it’s the most annoying thing ever.

I’ll try to make an extreme example (the cornerstone of Offense by Proxy). Let’s say I want to profit from a small group of people… Pitbull owners. Most of them don’t care about me or my business, so I have to get their attention. I find a news story, with a comment section, about a Pitbull that mauled a child.

If there aren’t enough negative comments about these muscle-bound brutes, I’ll make some. Later, I’ll respond to all the negative comments, including my own, in pleading defense of those sweet lovable creatures. I’ll blame someone else for the bad behavior of a statistical minority of dogs.

Soon, the comment section will fill with emboldened people (most likely not Pitbull owners… this is where the word Proxy comes in to play) who want to help defend these cuddly little fur-babies. It will be a digital bloodbath with Pitbull haters being eviscerated. I may casually mention a website where people can sign up in support of these misunderstood animals. Of course, they can buy merchandise on that site as well.

The problem with Offense by Proxy is that it ALWAYS takes on a life of its own. Other people, who have nothing to do with Pitbulls in real life, will create foundations and websites in support or opposition to Pitbull ownership. The sites and comments will grow more divisive by the day. I already made my money on that group, so I leave for another “cause” while the tumult I created festers over time.

I generated an atmosphere of offense that grows worse by the day and feeds itself on a never-ending supply of misplaced rage. People are too sensitive because corporations foster human empathy for profit.

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This book was written for emotionally mature audiences. These content warnings don’t mean this book is only for adults, because there are plenty of mature teens and far too many immature adults. It’s a book of fiction, of made up stories. It’s not real.

The character, Dawn, is a psychopath with almost no empathy. She says and does some disturbing things. Many of these warnings revolve around her character.

• Graphic and detailed cruelty to an insect.
• Some scenes of extreme torture with imprisonment.
• Suicide with a gun. Multiple military characters end their own lives instead of facing a slower death.
• Homicide with a gun by way of point-blank assassination.
• Lesbian relationship. There is a single, ongoing relationship between two female characters.
• Insensitivity to overweight people. Dawn isn’t very nice.
• Insensitivity to disabled people. Again, Dawn needs sensitivity training.
• Some mild anti-religious comments. Two of the main characters have issues with all Abrahamic religions. A third character is a die-hard Christian.
• Non descriptive nudity. Raven, a tertiary character, has no shame.
• Non detailed sex scenes. People have sex. It’s why you exist. It’s never described in detail so you can unclench your pearls.

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