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Voices: Nella Rose’s I’m a Celeb outburst proves Gen Z are too quick to be offended

Source: ITV

There are few things that irk me more than Gen Z overreacting.

We see it all the time: from the TikToker who went viral after sobbing about the difficulties of a regular nine to five job, to young people complaining about not being able to work from home all the time.

But even worse, in my opinion, is when Zoomers deploy their generation’s hair-trigger tendency to be offended, and use their emotions as an excuse to put down (and sometimes even control) others.

As someone who, how she took offence to a comment made by star, Fred Sirieix.

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