Why do we get offended?

I sometimes feel like "Christian's" favorite thing to do is get offended. Which leads to the next feeling; indignation. Jesus got offended once, and he tore up a whole shopping area. They were, after all, making a mockery of God and His temple. But why do we get offended today? Is it for biblical or cultural reasons?
Lets take language for example. I'm not gonna get into the argument of whether we should or should not "cuss," but instead i want to focus on whether we should be offended by it. Do you think God is offended by cuss words? Why? Scripture says not to take God's name in vain, so its safe to say that God does not enjoy hearing his name thrown around without reverence. But what about the other words? There is no justification for being offended. It is purely a societal standard that Christians have adopted as their own. When Paul uses the word "rubbish" in Phillipians 3:8 that word was a vulgar cuss word in his culture. A more literal tanslation would have been "sh@#." But then again, the translators knew that they would be offending too many people if the put that in the Bible. Maybe someday i'll actually type out an exhaustive study on the whole "cussing" concept but for now i only have one point.

Don't let non-biblical standards rob you of your joy. I recently watched a movie that contained quite a bit of cussing. It had a decent message of redemption and forgiveness. And my personal favorite, the ultimate denial of self desires for the greater good. Thats a good message to a world that just "follows their heart." But, all i heard from those who i watched it with was how bad the language was. Thats it. They let one thing, that was not even biblically justified, ruin the whole movie. I'm not trying to condemn them. I'm only trying to point out the sad absurdity of what we as a Christian community have let control our lives. For our own good, we should stop letting non-biblical standards steal our joy. Again, this is not a condemnation, just a thought to think about.