Respecting most easily offended members of society (Score 1)

There has been a lot of discussion about how wrong it is for a community with more restrictive standards to affect the freedoms of those with more "open" standards. However, this occurs with so called "hate-speech", "racially motivated", or otherwise "offensive" speech. Politically correct terms are invented all the time to try and not "offend" someone in society and many people accept that as OK.

Is sexual speech different in that if you are offended, take a hike (Alabama); however, if someone from New York burns a cross in an Alabama person's yard, it really is OK for Alabama to be upset?