Right you are!
CanisLupusArctos has is just about right with the present trend toward "self-absorption". One of the things that caused me to be a former teacher was the increasing obsession with "self-esteem" and the distressing idea that everyone's opinion was to be treated equally regardless of how off-the-wall it was. This was a particular problem for me as a science teacher. I butted heads with more than one administrator when I had the poor sense to actually tell a student an answer was wrong! It didn't matter that went on to work out the right answer. Self-esteem had already been damaged. These self-obsessed adults are the product of that environment. Me! Me! Me! And the rest of you be damned! It makes a good Libertarian like me gag when people insist on their "rights" and ignore the responsibilities and restrictions that accompany those rights. Your "right" to put your fist wherever you want ends where my nose begins.
Boat courteously!
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