A recent AP poll made up of 10,000 13th and 14th century Eastern/Central Europeans and Central/Western Asians voted Swifties as "Most Feared Menace You Don't Want to Piss Off" over Mongolians and the Bubonic Plague.
In everyday life, I agree - everyone is too easily offended and unnecessarily coddled nowadays it seems.
On a moderated message board however, we're essentially playing in someone else's sandbox...so probably better safe than sorry.