But the mom in the article was shielded by 2 umbrellas and a towel. It sounds to me like she made a reasonable attempt at privacy. True, she should turn off the huff-alarm now and move on.
The problem is a lack of plain old decency and respect for others, on both sides of the issue. If a mother is discreet, then others should be respectful and leave her be, even they are uncomfortable knowing breastfeeding is taking place 100% shielded from view. Babies need to eat so often that these women would hardly be able to leave the house otherwise. So therefore I can sympathize with them.
OTOH, there are those moms with an entitlement mentality, who think nothing of exposing themselves in any old public place. They lack any respect for others. They are about as obnoxious as the rainbow crowd who want to force their perversions into the public square. But making a distinction between the two (thus leaving one alone while ticketing another) would require law enforcement to discern between the normal people and the flashers. That would be about as unPC as profiling at airports. The easy way out is to ban public breastfeeding entirely. I just don't think that is right, because it is a disservice to the moms who aren't trying to bother anybody.
I'm not particularly comfortable with public breastfeeding, however... when these women make the effort to be respectful of others, then my personal comfort zone ranks far below 1) a baby needing a meal, and 2) a breastfeeding mom desiring to get out of the house. I therefore can respect them in turn and see no legitimate reason to be offended.
The exhibitionist self-centered women, OTOH, need to stay home since they can't comprehend that the world does not revolve around their inflated mammaries.