Replying to People take hating way too seriously

I keep hearing on this website "spreading the love" to the point where its wicked annoying. My question is why people take offense to every little thing some person says.

example: I like to rollerblade sometimes and think it is a sick sport. Some ignorant bastard is going to say how gay i am (I know ahead of time im going to get shit for this by these people). But who cares? I just skip over the stupid comments. Plus people react to that and chances are the person who said it won't read the thread again anyway. Or just be like ron burgandy and agree to disagree