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Originally Posted by NotaBRG
Totally agree, everyone's annoyance level and response should be just like mine.
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Should have been more clear - everyone's entitled to their opinion, but the world would go a LOT smoother if they were polite enough to keep it to themselves. (I was going to write "mature enough" but the elderly are among the worst offenders).
Somewhere along the line, America took this turn towards selfishness - no one has the right to criticize anything we do, no matter how stupid, dangerous or offensive, but by jingo if we see someone doing something we don't like, we can read them the riot act.
Take the whole breastfeeding in public controversy - it's happened since time immemorial, and some people have disapproved all along. I remember my grandparents making us swap seats when a woman in view was doing it at a diner back in the 60s. Now, people call the manager, call the police, go to court and demand the world change to suit their sensibilities rather than adjust.