It ' s good . Funny . <| sep |> Forgot my escape character . <| sep |> I like the analysis <| sep |> Very rarely is anyone ever going to say oh my gosh you ' re right I ' ve been a huge jerk , regardless of age . It takes a huge amount of self reflection and humility to be able to do that , and not all humans teenage or adult are great at it . When you say to someone that ' s rude , Or What a horrible thing to say , you ' re grounding them . You are reminding the person that there are expectation for civil polite behaviour . Sometimes this is an embarrassing reminder . People don ' t react well to being embarrassed , much like the responses you ' ve been getting . But insisting on polite , considerate and thoughtful behaviour is not a bad thing ! Strive to be the change you want to see in the world . Behave well and gently remind others as you ' ve been doing that they should too . You won ' t get apologies , or at least , i wouldn ' t count on any but you ' ve got the moral high ground .