jtk3 comments on Offense versus harm minimization - Less Wrong
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You wouldn't be suffering only because you had a false belief, another reason would be that you weren't sufficiently thick skinned to decline to be offended.
At this point I would ask myself "Of what consequence is this person's opinion to me"? And I'd instantly conclude: None.
To cause me real pain a statement would have to be justified in my own judgment.