Because Xenophon is not obeying the major parties like a lapdog, as the Murdoch Telegraph seems to want him to? There's no point getting offended about being labelled a small state or an economically-struggling state, because that's what we are and those are fixable. But when the Unwise Men From The East start showing utter contempt for South and Western Australia and treat us as second-class citizens, then yes it is offensive. This is a state with issues, not a s**t state.