On that same note, if you decide to express offensive views, you should be willing to accept the social backlash for doing so.
Your right to speak isn't infringed by allowing others to exercise their own right to speak against you.
Letting go of the idea that offending people is harmful is probably a good thing, but you will also need to let go of the idea that people aren't permitted to be offended by what you say.
If you cannot accept the consequence of offending others, you should keep your mouth shut. Free speech doesn't mean you get to say whatever you want and hear nothing in return.
'Offense' - its definition changes based on person's emotional state, their ideology, their background, how much sleep they had last night, or simply they're trolls, or get offended because they want to play a victim, etc.
So, if we follow your template of society, it would be impossible to not offend someone. Society would come to a complete halt.
A society where expression is nulled by people that follow this ideology would have no art, no expression, no culture and a single authoritarian mindset of following the line and never deviating from it. The ministry of emotional well-being will be keeping an eye on you. At best it would be a boring stagnant society, at worst it will be dangerous and impossible to protest against it.
It's a destructive concept and I'd like to question who determines the line that you walk on. I hope you can reflect a little bit and it should be easy how this can be problematic.
Your right to speak isn't infringed by allowing others to exercise their own right to speak against you.
Letting go of the idea that offending people is harmful is probably a good thing, but you will also need to let go of the idea that people aren't permitted to be offended by what you say.
If you cannot accept the consequence of offending others, you should keep your mouth shut. Free speech doesn't mean you get to say whatever you want and hear nothing in return.