Dennis Prager offers an "explanation" of the difference between red states and blue states. (Scare quotes because I prefer "distinction". It doesn't specify which is the cart and which is the horse.)
I propose one more explanation: the easily offended-the not so easily offended. ... a major defining characteristic of modern-day liberalism is the ease with which liberals take offense personally and/or on behalf of others.
As one bit of evidence, I think we need look no farther than the way the First Amendment has been transmuted into a right not to be offended. You have freedom of speech, until you offend someone. (Conservatives, by the way, are offensive by default, and cannot, by definition, be offended. If they think they're offended, it's good news because it means at least those conservatives are thinking.)
The difference also accounts for the vitriol the Lunatic Left brings against those who disagree with them:
The list of irrational, feelings-based liberal positions is almost as long as the list of contemporary liberal positions. The relevant point here is that people who take positions based on feelings will of necessity take disagreement more personally and feel offended more often than others.
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