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CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

demanding that someone else not perform an action that is permitted to them because you feel that is it is more convenient to you is…well… I’ll let you figure that one out

So if you’ve been waiting in line for something for an hour and I just show up and cut in front of you, you’d be fine with that since there’s no rule or law saying I can’t?

The two of us are in a small elevator and I rip a huge wet fart just as the doors are closing and its all good, right?

This logic is so often used to justify bad behavior. A perfect example is the far-right spreading hate and racism because “free speech.” They make the exact same argument that you’re making right now.

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ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
we’re talking about sitting in a seat, right? 😂

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- CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Nope we’re talking about reclining back into the space of someone else’s seat. It’s obviously nowhere close to the level of racism (which is why I gave those other more mundane examples first) in terms of importance, but the self-justification is all the same.
  
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  - ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    you’re sounding like my parents after they go on a rant about small government and then want to micromanage how other people sit in a seat.
    
    I mean, I understand that Americans are generally allergic to the idea of existing with other human beings and have zero concept of shared space. Frankly, I find this opposition to people reclining in a reclining chair to be comically ridiculous. But as I said before, we live under capitalism. You can always offer to pay them to not do it. Find the market price for not reclining ina reclining chair. It’s a fair trade.
    
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    CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    allergic to the idea of existing with other human beings and have zero concept of shared space. Frankly, I find this opposition to people reclining in a reclining chair to be comically ridiculous.
    
    Well as someone who will have their knees crushed when you want to take more of the shared space for yourself, this is exactly how I view your argument. If I were short then I probably wouldn’t care. I dont lean my seat back because I know exactly how it is which seems like a much better way to be a steward of shared space.
    
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