In my experience, being offended may only occur if the the offender (or their opinion) is valued by the offended.
I'd just been deeply offended, and I can't fucking believe it.
Word count for root word offend: 6, counting the bolded root
Word count for root: 3, counting the bolded
Word count for word: 5, counting the bolded
Word count for bolded: 4
Word count for count: 9
Uhm.
This took a swerve.
