Too Many Teardrops Smart-Ass Backlash Critics argue that we've suddenly become a society of snarky wise guys, but that bit of reverse braggadocio just doesn't wash.
Civility is down for the count.
Generation X has become Generation Expletive. Next, they'll be telling us the sun rises in the east. It has become a clich of this media-saturated age, this supposed Coarsening of Public Discourse. The collective tut-tut is deafening. But now, coming literally out of left field, we have a regretful broadside from Sports Illustrated 's Steve Rushin.