Alcohol, a tight suit, assumptions, and defensiveness go together too often. (And a tight suit can look like a bandanna, too.) It makes me sad that someone would feel like it's okay to ogle a nursing mom, but in these days of the news-cycle, does it surprise me? No.
On the one hand, I celebrate what you did. On the other, I probably would have approached them differently. But I'm sure I would have approached them. I'm all about shaming people who are cruel in that way, and I can be pretty good at it - not that I'm proud of it!
Trolls exist in real life too, and they don't deserve to be fed there either.
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Alcohol, a tight suit, assumptions, and defensiveness go together too often. (And a tight suit can look like a bandanna, too.) It makes me sad that someone would feel like it's okay to ogle a nursing mom, but in these days of the news-cycle, does it surprise me? No.
ReplyDeleteOn the one hand, I celebrate what you did. On the other, I probably would have approached them differently. But I'm sure I would have approached them. I'm all about shaming people who are cruel in that way, and I can be pretty good at it - not that I'm proud of it!
Trolls exist in real life too, and they don't deserve to be fed there either.