Breastfeed your kid where, when, and how you want. I truly see nothing wrong with it. But 1: your baby doesn’t care very much about a blanket over it’s head. It was inside your cramped, dark, damp womb for months. 2: Not everyone is breastfed so your “You were breastfed, too” argument is totally invalid. And 3: Don’t complain when others complain, because you know full well that some people don’t like it. If you don’t like the complaints, then don’t do it.
1) Actually, a lot of babies won’t breastfeed with a blanket over their head. I don’t care what your reasoning is with the comparison to the womb environment, the reality is that some babies won’t eat with a blanket or cover over them.
2) Agreed.
3) You’re in a relationship with a person of the same sex. People complain about the fact that they think homosexuality is wrong and that people shouldn’t be allowed to date people of the same sex. You’re not allowed to defend your relationship. In fact, if you don’t like the fact that people are complaining, your only option is to break up with your significant other and only date people of the opposite sex from here on out.
You’re Latino and you’ve moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. Your white neighbors complain about the changing complexion of the neighborhood and even make statements that people of color shouldn’t be allowed to buy property in the area. You’re not allowed to say anything to them, and if you don’t like what they’re saying, your only option is to put your house up for sale and move to a different neighborhood.
You’re a Muslim living in the United States, and you hear a lot of people complaining about your religious beliefs and the fact that they don’t think people with your religious background should be allowed to live in “their” country. You can’t stand up for yourself, though, or point out how this opinion is in fact unconstitutional. Your only choice is to pack up and move to some other country…even if this is the only place you’ve ever lived and the only place you have any real connection to.
These are just a few examples where your argument that people somehow aren’t allowed to defend themselves if someone else complains about them doesn’t make any sense at all. No one is obligated to either shut up or comply if someone issues a complaint about their lifestyle or behavior, especially if they believe the person complaining about them is doing so irrationally or due to some sort of social bias. Yes, it might make things easier on the complainer if you did…but why the hell would I (or anyone else) want to make my life unnecessarily more difficult just to satisfy a person who has no valid reason to insist upon making my life more difficult? That’s ridiculous.