What about those Michigan lefts? I visited Detroit often during college to see my best friend, and those stupid lefts drove me nuts.
Most of the stupidity I see around here involves parents and their kids. There’s a lot of money in this town, and it’s amazing to me how some parents can not only give their kids anything they want, but bail them out of any trouble they get into. There’s even been a problem lately with parents letting their kids and their kids’ friends drink at home. Several weeks ago a kid who had just graduated high school died after a party. A few years ago, several high school athletes were caught using steroids. Not only were they not suspended from school, they were even allowed to continue playing sports. The parents put up a huge fight to keep the kids from having any negative consequences for their actions, and the school caved in under pressure from the parents and their lawyers. There was also an incident not long ago where several 8th grade boys assaulted a classmate at a party. They had all been drinking and the adults partying right upstairs had no idea what had happened until the girl finally told her parents a few days later. In the meantime, the boys had sent photos of the incident to everyone they knew via cell phone.
I know kids will screw up and do stupid things, but the level of stupidity from the parents who actually enable this behavior boggles my mind.