Who Has the Right to Offend?

Almost a year ago, a few months prior to the time Garth Greenwell’s article “Taking Offense: Reading through a bad feeling” was published, I attended a workshop of an original, absurdist play that intended to challenge systemic racism, sexism, and ageism. I was excited about the play because there are not many experimental works being written and staged in Las Vegas. The kind of work that pushes boundaries, transgresses, and may cause people to take offense.