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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom handled it badly obviously and likely could have distracted or shielded but that guy is a sociopath. Of course civilized society has standards for what is acceptable to play public ally within view of little kids! What if he had been watching straight up porn?[/quote]

Is he a sociopath?  I disagree.

I think the mother had a  very valid concern but there were ways she could mitigate it.  
- She could have changed seats with her kids. The youngest could sit on the window seat where the oldest was sitting, the older kid with the electronic device could sit where she was sitting and she would have taken the middle seat.  
- She could have her kids watch some other age appropriate programming on her own device (yes, if you are travelling with kids then you usually carry their entertainment and devices with you), 
- She could have requested to switch seats with people in the row behind her so that the her entire family would sit in the row behind her
- She could request discreetly (a tap on his shoulders) to the person in front and ask if she could hang a coat on the back of his seat so that her kid could not see the screen.

Instead, she went a full Karen mode and started making noise and speaking loudly.  As a result, the person in front decided not to help her.  Tell me she is a White mom without telling me she is a White mom!  [/quote]

Well right she’s clearly bad but can you imagine your husband/brother/dad having a (admittedly wound up/dramatic) mom say “omg my kids can see nudity on your show!!!” and they would decline to turn it off? No argument that the mom’s bad but it is inconceivable a normal man wouldn’t say oh sorry I didn’t realize your son could see. [/quote]

It’s not “inconceivable” in the slightest. Mom was ridiculous and sucks at problem solving.[/quote]

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