...and I should also expect that people would not blatantly dismiss me for or attribute my comments simply to being a teenager either.
I don't believe I did - because it doesn't matter in the least to me.
I don't like your attitude. It's got nothing to do with your age, although I will admit if you took that kind of attitude with me in person I would have a different attitude. But this is the internet.
I'm glad to read that the schools in Florida have improved since my experience there in the 70s.......
I think you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders.
What you are seeing here is part of the "mob mentality". The more people that start attacking and tormenting, the more bravery you'll see as the crowd gets bigger and bigger. I've noticed it alot here lately. When you see someone pinging all of their buddies to a thread, it's time to disappear because it's gonna get ugly.