How do you feel about publicly shaming private citizens who behaved badly?

[Behind the Aegis]

85. That is kind of my secondary point.

No one really knows how this conversation transpired. But what we do know is her morality was offended and she took action to shame the source of it. It was the reason I used the "coming out" example. Most people here would be OUTRAGED if this woman had "outed" a gay person...most people here. You and I fall into that category. I also think people aren't thinking about what her actions could cause.

After your post, I went for a cigarette and thought about all the conversations I overheard today. I don't often leave the house, so I don't often find myself in a position to overhear conversations, but today, I heard a number of them. The only "interesting" one was with a cop telling a neighbor of his (the cop) that his (the neighbor) plate registration was two months out-of-date. It is illegal to drive with expired plates and is grounds for an immediate ticket; instead, this guy got a "head's up," which can happen too, but if I had got a ticket in the past for plates, can you imagine my "moral" outrage at hearing something like this? Granted, I wouldn't really be all that put out, but still... This took place in a Subway.